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Affectionate_Draw_43 t1_ja9jfte wrote

Technically, you can only die from things that are within a radius of <time in seconds> * <speed of light>

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jmpires t1_jadnf2e wrote

Probably you mean <time in seconds yet to live> but you (as well as an awful lot of people) can just as well die next year of exposure to supernova gamma radiation emitted a couple centuries ago, 201 light years away

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Tiggy26668 t1_jab1zfd wrote

Just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it can’t kill you.

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raff7 t1_jac49m8 wrote

It’s not just about not being able to see it.. it’s about it being unable to affect you in any way.. the speed of light is not just about light, it’s about causality

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