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Explain that, science nerds! (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If the entirety of the world's nuclear arsenals are used, there's a good chance that microbes like Deinococus radiodurans will survive into new forms of complex life.

Y'all acting like this happening isn't a literal catastrophe. You guys are all insane.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago

Nah mate. It would absolutely catastrophic. But the scope of who it would be catastrophic for is limited to the minority of known life. Humanity is insignificant to the universe but significant to us.