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> Why did the moon explode without warning? Why? If you take it as given that the moon is going to explode, it's guaranteed to happen without warning, for the
by thaumasiotes 2y ago
> Why did the moon explode without warning? Why?
If you take it as given that the moon is going to explode, it's guaranteed to happen without warning, for the simple reason that we do not know of anything that might cause that to happen, so even if warning signs were present, we wouldn't understand them.
- eqvinox 2y agoWe do actually have a theory of someething that might cause it to happen; primordial black holes zipping through space, randomly going through the moon (and continuing their way as if nothing happened, because that's how physics would work out). However, it's only a theory and depends on in-flux research on early universe cosmology — and the black hole could equally randomly zip through Earth rather than the moon. Or pass in the space between. Or pass between Earth and the sun. Or… The book AFAIR does point out it "might have been a primordial black hole but they don't know", which matches what the situation would be IRL.