New sub-format! I asked Claude to analyze my channel and come up with gloriously dumb "Can Plasma?" questions. First category: Food & Kitchen. Five questions. My usual joke is that the answer to any plasma question is "10 out of 10 yes it can do something" — but this time, one of them actually stumped me.

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00:00 The setup: I asked Claude for gloriously dumb Can Plasma questions

00:18 Quick intro — Greg Friedman, plasma bioengineer

00:29 First category: Food & Kitchen

00:30 Q1: Can plasma cook a steak?

00:34 The two kinds of plasma: thermal (way too hot) and cold (disinfects but doesn't cook)

01:10 Cold plasma on raw beef — sterilization angle

01:32 Adding nitrates to meat via atmospheric plasma

01:53 Q2: Can plasma make better coffee?

02:08 Roasting: no

02:15 Gri ...