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So I went searching when I started in this game to convince myself that there was any degree of plausibility to this whole crazy story.
在這個游戲的最初，我就開始尋找說服我自己，這個理論有一定的合理性，這整個故事有點瘋狂。
I went searching for a type of molecule, any molecule, that would have that vibration and that -- the obvious prediction was that it should absolutely smell of sulfur.
我開始尋找一種分子，任何分子會有那種震動的分子--明顯地，我預測那種分子一定聞起來像硫。
If it didn't, the whole idea was toast, and I might as well move on to other things.
如果聞起來不像，那么整個想法就是糟糕透頂，我最好還是去做別的事情。
Now, after searching high and low for several months, I discovered that there was a type of molecule called a Borane which has exactly the same vibration.
在到處尋找幾個月后，我發現有一種叫做硼烷的分子和硫有一模一樣的震動。
Now the good news is, Boranes you can get hold of.
好消息是硼烷是可以獲取的。
The bad news is they're rocket fuels. Most of them explode spontaneously in contact with air,
壞消息是它是火箭燃料，大部分情況下它們在遇到空氣的瞬間就會爆炸，
and when you call up the companies, they only give you minimum ten tons, OK?
而且你打電話向公司詢問，他們會告訴你你最少要買10頓。
So this was not what they call a laboratory-scale experiment, and they wouldn't have liked it at my college.
所以這不是一個實驗室規模的實驗，我所工作的學院也不會喜歡這個主意。
