CLASSIC: Could a solar flare destroy civilization?
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
What would you do if you woke up one day and found yourself in a world without electricity, cellphones or the internet? It sounds like the plot of a science fiction film, but if a powerful enough solar flare hits Earth's magnetosphere this could become a frightening reality. Join Matt and Ben as they explore the likelihood of a solar apocalypse in today's Classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Amber Reffett and I'm her gorgeous sister, Lacey Lamar. |
| 0:03.2 | If in fact Lacey is not that gorgeous. |
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| 0:31.3 | Let's start this week's classic episode with a question. |
| 0:35.2 | What would you do if you woke up one day and all your electronic devices simply didn't |
| 0:40.9 | work? |
| 0:41.9 | You couldn't log on to any website, you couldn't get the lights to switch on in your |
| 0:49.1 | house and of course your phone was bricked. |
| 0:53.0 | This might sound like the plot of many dystopian science fiction films, but it could one day |
| 1:00.8 | become science fact. |
| 1:03.9 | You see it turns out that the angry massive star that feeds all life on earth could one |
| 1:10.6 | day become the instrument of our own civilization's destruction. |
| 1:16.2 | If a single powerful enough solar flare hits the magnetosphere of earth, the human species |
| 1:21.9 | could be thrown back into the Stone Age. |
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