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They're a little cagey about exactly where the crossover point lies relative to the likelihood of devastating effects on the planet.
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2024
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Pretty sure the curve should turn up on the right side at some point.
Nah, happiness should asymptotically approach 0 happiness as distance increases, due to decreased brightness. Tho, I guess there could be a discontinuity at the crossover point of where we can no longer observe it and the happiness we can extract from understanding that there are those so far away we can never see them?
If we somehow discovered a supernova (or anything, really) beyond the observable universe, I believe the astronomers would be very very happy.