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(Two historical flares that had real consequence)
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I think the title text is also referring to the second half of the Mythbusters’ “replicate the circumstances, then duplicate the results” method. Basically, the Mythbusters would see what it ''would'' take to destroy the world (and, in the process, actually do so). Maybe they could get help from [http://qntm.org/destroy Sam Hughes] [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.87|199.27.128.87]] 08:14, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 
I think the title text is also referring to the second half of the Mythbusters’ “replicate the circumstances, then duplicate the results” method. Basically, the Mythbusters would see what it ''would'' take to destroy the world (and, in the process, actually do so). Maybe they could get help from [http://qntm.org/destroy Sam Hughes] [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.87|199.27.128.87]] 08:14, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
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Two interesting historical examples are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859 the solar flare of 1859] in which telegraph wires had enough induced voltage to cause sparks on the telegraph poles, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm the geomagnetic storm of 1989], which caused the power grid in Quebec, Canada to fail.  The latter demonstrates that in this modern era we are certainly not immune to such "outlandish" scenarios.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.160|108.162.219.160]] 01:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

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I slightly disagree with the run-through of the "hopes to see it tested on mythbusters, and then scaled up to astronomical proportions" bit. Perhaps refine the first part by ending with something like "...in order to give them enough myths to be worth filming another series". The latter (a reference to the title-text, I assume) should then be dealt with in a separate para by explaining that Mythbusters tests myths experimentally, but that even the basic "use an LHC to get black holes" idea isn't going to be practically replicatable by them, let alone being able to replicate the possibility (or impossibility) of said black holes consuming the Earth. Unless TV budgets and resources are somewhat more capable than I imagine they are... 178.107.63.150 21:41, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

I think the title text is also referring to the second half of the Mythbusters’ “replicate the circumstances, then duplicate the results” method. Basically, the Mythbusters would see what it would take to destroy the world (and, in the process, actually do so). Maybe they could get help from Sam Hughes 199.27.128.87 08:14, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Two interesting historical examples are the solar flare of 1859 in which telegraph wires had enough induced voltage to cause sparks on the telegraph poles, and the geomagnetic storm of 1989, which caused the power grid in Quebec, Canada to fail. The latter demonstrates that in this modern era we are certainly not immune to such "outlandish" scenarios.108.162.219.160 01:16, 16 February 2015 (UTC)