If anyone read the New Cosmogony by Stanislaw Lem, he would instantly conclude that higher powers are not quite fond of organic life, just from the existence of

If anyone read the New Cosmogony by Stanislaw Lem, he would instantly conclude that higher powers are not quite fond of organic life, just from the existence of such beams. The fact that rays can wipe out stars (or, at least, preclude their formation) only strengthen that conclusion as stars are necessary for organic life to form.