Transition metal · element 106
Seaborgium
The first element named after a living person.
Only 0.4% of people are Seaborgium. (estimated)
If you're Seaborgium
You broke a rule by existing: nobody had been honoured this way while still alive. Rare, controversial, and named with intent.
Seaborgium was named after Glenn Seaborg while he was alive, which the naming rules had never allowed before.
How to get along with Seaborgium
Do
- Break a rule for them, once.
- Name things with intent.
- Let them be honoured alive.
Don't
- Don't wait until it's too late to say the nice thing.
- Don't be surprised by controversy.
When it goes wrong: The rules bent for them. If they bent back, it'll be loud.
Atomic profile
Every element is placed on six personality dimensions derived from its chemistry. Your answers are placed on the same six, and the closest element wins. How the scoring works
- Reactivity
- 3
- Sociability
- 3
- Stability
- 0
- Energy
- 0
- Rarity
- 10
- Warmth
- 3
Seaborgium in literature
- Eliza Doolittle — Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw (1913)
- Henry Higgins — Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw (1913)
- Alfred Doolittle — Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw (1913)
Characters from public-domain works, chosen for the same traits. Company, not a verdict.
Closest personalities
The elements whose profiles sit nearest to Seaborgium's. If you got Seaborgium, one of these was probably your runner-up.
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