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[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

A massive reduction of human life in earth would have insanely positive benefits for the future of human kind and life on earth.

Just quantifiable proveable net benefits.

Those facts are uncomfortable, but it would dead end a lot of much worse outcomes

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 14 points 1 month ago

This is a city killer, not a continent killer. Wishing for few hundred thousand innocent people to die is just pure evil - it has no effect on overpopulation.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Depends on how fast its going when it hits

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's currently moving at about 12,000 kph and will be slightly sped up to 17,000 kph if it actually hits us. That is not a significant enough portion of C to be anything but a city killer. This thing isn't even a Tsar Bomba in terms of energy output. More like a Mark 17.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

https://lemmy.world/comment/15180729

Regrub just said can we make it go faster, so i guess it would need to be increased much much more than 17,000 kph, which seems slow for galactic/cosmic speeds.

Wonder how much more energy it would need.

Someone get Randal Monroe on this stat!

Lol

[-] spooky2092 1 points 1 month ago

I think you'd need to nearly double the velocity for it to be remotely close. I think I saw something like 30-40k km/h before it's at that level

[-] Nanook@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Y’all don’t have loved ones? Just kill like 2700 billionaires and the world is a better place already. Fun fact, all dear leaders are on the same list.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Can we strap a bunch of spacex rockets to it to achieve the needed speed? Probably not but the irony would be great

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Bro, Thanos quotes are so 2020

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