May 22, 2008
“The power output of a supernova is ‘bounded’, but I wouldn’t advise trying to shield yourself from one with a flame-retardant Nomex jumpsuit. Don’t make the leap from “This is ‘bounded’” to “The bound must be a reasonable-looking quantity on the scale I’m used to.”
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