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Demrezel t1_j9uehqh wrote

Reply to comment by SteveMcQwark in Massive 'forbidden planet' orbits a strangely tiny star only 4 times its size. by Rifletree

So you're saying there's a chance

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NightHawkomen t1_j9ux0yi wrote

A very real chance. Forget the statistics, thats for mathematicians and they never space travel.

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P2Mc28 t1_j9v1buc wrote

It's easy. 50/50. He either goes or he doesn't.

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NightHawkomen t1_j9vu4co wrote

Hmm IDK 50/50 = 1/1 so 100% he is going or is that 100% not going? I feel like there should be a cat in a box somewhere to make it definitive.

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Scrub_nin t1_j9vxljl wrote

Depends if he ties toast to the back of the cat to use as an endlessly rotating fuel source

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Makenchi45 t1_j9wp3nz wrote

I feel like there should be a rainbow involved somewhere in that travel method.

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Rikudou_Sage t1_j9wgci3 wrote

The cat says you've already been there as long as no one is looking.

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Just_Michael1138 t1_j9wbr77 wrote

"Never tell me the odds!" --Corellian spacer saying, usually involving ridiculous odds and slim chances of survival

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Quiggling t1_j9wvbr4 wrote

He has at least a 33 1/3% and that’s bad news for the forbidden planet

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binzoma t1_j9wnz7v wrote

the nice thing is, we keep getting older and the forbidden planet stays basically the saaamme age

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SirBardsalot t1_j9ux74u wrote

Oh you'll get there. Just not in a living state.

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Demrezel t1_j9varg4 wrote

You don't even really need consciousness, pfft

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