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Thanks for pulling that up, it was an interesting read. However they form their conclusion based on: > assuming that the lightning bolt produces as much radiat
by sockaddr 4y ago
Thanks for pulling that up, it was an interesting read. However they form their conclusion based on:
> assuming that the lightning bolt produces as much radiation as an industrial x-ray machine
Where was that pulled from?
Then:
> a person who is close to the bolt would receive about a tenth of a fatal dose
That is actually quite a problem if we just take their assumptions for granted
Then they even say:
> As far as I know, however, there are no direct radiation dose measurements from this dark lightning so we don't really know exactly what the dose is
So basically that expert's opinion amounts to "lets make an assumption based on literally nothing, based on that it's only 1/10th of what's needed to kill you but even then we have no data so this is all made up"
- jasonjayr 4y agoFair, and yea, always evaluate sources critically but one (presumed) expert's assumption beats a pair of non-expert's speculation. I did learn about "dark lightning" from that article which does produce gamma rays, which I found fascinating.