knb comments on How inevitable was modern human civilization - data - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Psy-Kosh 25 August 2009 07:49:27AM 0 points [-]

Really? Thanks. I thought it mostly was derived from gravitational energy as the earth formed and only a bit of extra nuclear heating. Though I guess it might not make sense that it would still be hot then...

Well, generally, elements heavier than iron only show up when a star goes kablewey, right? so it's "solar", but it's not OUR solar, which was kinda the point, I guess.

Comment author: knb 25 August 2009 06:02:03PM 0 points [-]

Oh, good point about supernovae. I didn't know that.