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[–] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Was that not Albert Einstein’s fear regarding the bomb? That Earth’s atmosphere would simply ignite when exposed to the initial reaction?

I think our sitting here, snickering at a comic about a biblical nuclear explosion, is proof that it wouldn’t happen.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    i believe there was some early speculation that the unprecedented temperature of the Trinity test might ignite the atmosphere, somehow making the nitrogen burn, but that would be a chemical reaction, not a nuclear reaction.

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