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Re:A Sci-Fi Veteran Tells His Own (Earthling) Story by DavidAdams on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:45PM (#20528200)
I don't think you'll find any scientist that will predict that the sun will burn out in a hundred years :-)
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Re:A Sci-Fi Veteran Tells His Own (Earthling) Story by DannyB2 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @05:37PM (#20530029)
I wouldn't interpret it to mean literally one hundred years. The progression of hundred to thousand, etc, seems to be saying 'whenever it does happen...', the sun will go cold.
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Re:A Sci-Fi Veteran Tells His Own (Earthling) Story by thom on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:49PM (#20528236)
Fairly sure several races in the Babylon V universe were entirely capable of killing a star if they really wanted to, so I’ll try and forgive JMS the poetic license.
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Re:A Sci-Fi Veteran Tells His Own (Earthling) Story by DavidAdams on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:54PM (#20528281)
Despite my quibble, I find the sentiment to be very poetic and inspiring.
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