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[โ€“] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm glad I peeked at the video, because the title doesn't describe what the video shows.

It should be what if light from a star was concentrated into a 1m wide beam. Not, what if ALL visible light was a single beam. Those are two very different ideas.

[โ€“] cRazi_man@europe.pub 7 points 3 weeks ago

I kept trying to turn the video to landscape to watch it properly. I never watch any vertical video apps so it confused me for a second to realise I was watching vertical video ๐Ÿคข

[โ€“] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

I always love the quote "you would stop being biology and start being physics" to describe what would happen to a person in that beam.