CannibalSmith comments on Epilogue: Atonement (8/8) - Less Wrong

33 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 February 2009 11:52AM

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Comment author: CannibalSmith 06 February 2009 12:10:46PM 2 points [-]

By the way, how big is a supernova? Does it blast Earth-sized planets to dust in an instant?

Comment author: spriteless 09 June 2009 04:42:36PM 2 points [-]

Depends on your definition of instant, but a plasma wave traveling through you at the speed of light will kill you before the nerves get the message to you, so yes as far as we're concerned.

Comment author: CannibalSmith 09 June 2009 05:21:56PM *  5 points [-]

I'm thinking about the people on the dark side of a planet.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 29 November 2011 11:12:07PM *  7 points [-]

This post was obsolete years before writing. Replacing with a link to a better answer

http://lesswrong.com/lw/yc/epilogue_atonement_88/t0d