Re: Super-Nova

From: Davoud (star_at_sky.net)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 08:50:37 -0400

I _think_ that Sam Wormley meant to write:
> I think of an exploding/imploding star (supernova) [as] more
> of a finish than a start.

I take the opposite view. Without supernovae and the heavy elements
that they produce we would not be here to discuss why massive stars
collapse and then explode. This, if I understand it at all, is akin to
the anthropic principle -- supernovae exist to give rise to beings who
can discuss supernovae.

Davoud 

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