[ExI] Fermi Paradox and GRB bursts
Keith Henson
hkeithhenson at gmail.com
Thu Oct 2 21:12:08 UTC 2014
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> The problem with the GRB explanation
snip
- it won't work as an effective Fermi paradox answer.?
I agree with Anders and add that GRB are *short,* a few seconds at the
most. So ~half of the planet surface is shielded by the whole
planet's mass. Even if a burst fried everything on one side, the
other side would be untouched and life would rapidly spread back into
the damaged half.
Asteroid impacts are a much bigger problem.
BTW, the earth got hit with one around 774 or 775.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/774%E2%80%93775_carbon-14_spike
Keith
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