The explosion of a nuclear bomb is “temporary”, yet carries an extinction risk. Transient events can trigger long-term changes the Earth environment, transforming it into an inhospitable place. “Temporary” events can destroy the world.
I was unaware that solar flares could carry an extinction risk. I thought that it could at worst make silicon-based technology unusable for a few centuries.
Solar flares are temporary events, so I suppose that a solar flare, however bad it could be, could not be classified as an existencial risk.
The explosion of a nuclear bomb is “temporary”, yet carries an extinction risk. Transient events can trigger long-term changes the Earth environment, transforming it into an inhospitable place. “Temporary” events can destroy the world.
I was unaware that solar flares could carry an extinction risk. I thought that it could at worst make silicon-based technology unusable for a few centuries.