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The closer we are to discovering what causes radio bursts, the closer we come to doom. "We've figured out what causes them!" he spoke to the bored conference a
by HocusLocus 8y ago
The closer we are to discovering what causes radio bursts, the closer we come to doom.
"We've figured out what causes them!" he spoke to the bored conference audience. They sat up quickly. He continued, "It happens whenever any advanced civilization builds one of these." He takes a strangely shaped device from his pocket. There is a murmur from the crowd. "During the building of this prototype, we have--" and his tentacle fumbled for a moment, and it dropped onto the floor.
4 MILLION YEARS LATER
Astronomers have detected their third fast radio burst, and have almost gathered enough data to discover what causes them.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoUh, actually it is repeating radio bursts that are very rare. We’ve seen quite a few of the one-shot ones.
- eclipxe 8y agoWhoosh and you misspelled ackshually
- hn_KindaSucks 8y agoDear 500 Karma Lords, This kind of comment deserves the opposite of a downvote. Love, One of your Betters
- elorant 8y agoYou write it, I'll buy it.
- grosswait 8y agoAh, the ol' dark forest theory?
- thatcherc 8y agoThe dark forest theory is a bit different. The parent comment's story was more in line with the idea that all advanced civilizations kill themselves off (like with AI, nuclear weapons, climate change, or GRB machines here). Dark Forest has more to do with civilizations killing each other off because any civilization they discover might surpass them technologically in the future and become a threat.
- freedomben 8y agoThis reminded me a lot of the excellent podcast "The End of the World with Josh Clark." Can't recommend that series enough.