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empath75today at 2:14 PM4 repliesview on HN

This is one of those headlines where I simultaneously think "cool" and now have a new source of low-grade background anxiety about. It can have a seat next to false vacuum collapse.


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Zigurdtoday at 2:33 PM

Take comfort in the fact that compared to the size of the universe, the speed of light is like molasses in January. Cosmological eschatology is a very slow game, and the odds of you being alive and in the right place to be a spectator are literally astronomically small.

OneDeuxTriSeiGotoday at 2:56 PM

In that case you may enjoy “The Blue Afternoon that Lasted Forever” by Daniel Wilson.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260310115201/https://www.willi...

alansabertoday at 3:17 PM

Concern for celestial events is a bit like one of your gut bacterium being concerned with your work schedule

trollbridgetoday at 2:28 PM

The good news about black holes is that even if one transited the solar system, it would be extremely unlikely to come anywhere near earth.

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