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"Try to avoid bludgeoning those around you with your clumsy ignorance."
Man, I leave town for a few days, I come back and WHAM! I've been hammered. I apologize for clumsily bludgeoning you. Next time I'll try to bludgeon you with more precision. But I am glad that there are people in near galaxies that are reading my blog entries (or were you kidding?)
I was surprised to read about North Korea, since I haven't heard anything about them since the 50's. Are they still communist?
Here's my question about that comment. If we aren't in danger from nuclear winter for reasons that I stated, why aren't we? You can't just say stuff without backing it up. Criticism does not a conversation make, pal.
I find Dr. Roessler's estimate interesting. 50 months? What would that be like? Has somebody actually modeled this? Who can outline a scenario for us? I'll set it up for you:
"Dr. Nuenhoshvengarder, from Tokyo, is working on a supercollider in Germany, when all of a sudden a miniature black hole forms inside. It defies the previous assumptions that such things become unstable, and it started to ...
(fill in the blank)
...until at last the planet was completely gone."