Previous discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9251952" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9251952</a><p>Previous previous discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6331565" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6331565</a><p>Previous previous previous discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=5403988" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=5403988</a><p>Or consider this followup: &quot;Everything is Bullshit&quot;: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7945256" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7945256</a><p>So this has me wondering, I&#x27;ve heard about people having their cremated remains condensed into a diamond. How much carbon can be extracted from a pile of cow dung? It might be possible to form an artificial diamond from actual bullshit.