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> bright light can never hurt your eyes Before y'all criticize that statement, keep in mind it's coming from one of the best scientists of the 20th century. H
by Florin_Andrei 8y ago
> bright light can never hurt your eyes
Before y'all criticize that statement, keep in mind it's coming from one of the best scientists of the 20th century.
He was talking before lasers. For a purely thermal source to hurt the eyes, it would have to be:
1. insanely hot
2. quite close to the observer
First condition is met by the nuke, but the second one, obviously, is not, unless you're a victim of the explosion.
- ISL 8y agoScientists, even the best ones, do dumb things all the time. Source: Am experimental physicist; do dumb things. Sometimes my colleagues do too, even the best ones.
- justin66 8y agoLos Alamos was replete with brilliant people doing dangerously stupid things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
- Florin_Andrei 8y agoI know. It was not meant as an absolute statement.