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How do you reconcile the two seemingly contradictory statements “it would be equivalent of getting hit by three lightnings at the same time” and “it would destroy the planet”

Lightning happens all the time without affecting the planet, I doubt a triple lightning would do more than 10x the damage of a single lightning.

To me this kind of contradiction is a sign that the initial assumption is impossible as lmilcin suggests here, and as the original author concludes at the end of the article.

EDIT: 3 million, not 3. My mistake. Thanks for pointing that out.



Three million lightning bolts, not just three.


To go further, the 3 million lightning strikes aren't really part of the shenanigans that destroy the planet. More of a side-effect, really.


Check again- it says three MILLION lightning bolts.




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