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GRB from Betelgeuse Super nova or Nasty NanoTech

PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:41 pm
by SANEAlex
Two disasters I have not seen listed here so far are:-

Betelgeuse could go supernova at any time and I think its the closest star likely to do so on a reasonable time frame but it could be as much as a million years. Its unlikely to take us a out as it would just cause some interesting sky lighting effects in the normal course of events but IIRC there is a very slim possibility that if one of the poles of its remnant happens to briefly point a gamma ray burst(GRB) in our direction it might have overly interesting effects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse

Nasty NanoTech

Moore's Law of certain types of technological progression suggests that by the middle of this centenary we should have a fairly advanced capability in this area and like all powerful technology's its a double edged sword that could be both very good and very bad some of the worst case scenarios make a Megaton nuke look like a party popper in comparison.

Re: GRB from Betelgeuse Super nova or Nasty NanoTech

PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:24 am
by SANEAlex
There has been a recent update on the dangers of GRB's as a possible partial solution to the Fermi paradox. If you are really paranoid and have the resources start digging a really deep cellar/basement and set up a Biosphere MKII system ;) :twisted:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/09/partia ... gamma.html