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Similarly, "deadly explosions of massive stars"?

• cheald 13y ago
  As opposed to the less lethal explosions of smaller stars, which are good for quick tans.
  • sageikosa 13y ago
    If a star explodes and its system that has no life, is it "deadly"?
    • cheald 13y ago
      Stringently, yes. To be "deadly" simply requires something to possess the ability to cause death. Actually causing death isn't a requirement. (Non-exploding stars are plenty deadly, too.)
      • sageikosa 13y ago
        Except if the exploding star has no life anywhere near it, it has no ability to cause any actual death. I don't disagree that if something were (hypothetically) living in its blast radius, it would be killed, just that if nothing (hypothetically) were so living, it can't really be capable of killing said hypothetically non-existing things.