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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Can you pop popcorn with sound?

Or vibrations?
gpt
In theory yes. 

To get a kernel of popcorn to pop all we have to do is supply enough energy to the kernel to increase the temperature and pressure to the point that it explodes. This is most commonly done by directly heating the kernels, or by microwaving them, which uses radiation easily absorbed by the water molecules in the kernel to heat it. 

Now for sound waves and other vibrations are capable of delivering energy as they propagate, the difficult thing is delivering enough energy to the kernels to heat them to the point of popping faster than they cool.