Gamma-ray bursts, Darwin, and God

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are interesting. Just one GRB produces more energy than that contained in all the stars of the universe. A GRB happens about once every 100 seconds. If one ever happened in the Milky Way galaxy we’d be toast. Fortunately for biological life on Earth they are extragalactic, so far as we know. Scientists don’t know very much about them. But we can watch them firing off on our computer screens in virtual real-time.Since science is just becoming familiar with GRBs, fair speculation about them is wide open. Maybe they mark the birth of a black hole. Maybe they have played evolutionary roles on Earth in the past that account for, say, mass extinctions, such as the unprecedented-but-unexplained Permian Extinction. Maybe they are the cause of radical mutations. Maybe one was the Star of Bethlehem. Maybe it was used to zap the baby Jesus in his manger, as a kick-start from his Father to get on with the business of salvation.So I'll propose a thread on GRBs, if one doesn’t already exist, to be placed anywhere the Admin likes, assuming the Admin likes it all all.”HM

Seriously Hoot?I'm not inclined to promote this 'topic' as it is since there doesn't seem to be any topic to speak of, just a link to a particular cosmological phenomenon and a lot of disjointed speculation.If I were so inclined however I would seriously question your claim that a GRB 'produces more energy than that contained in all the stars of the universe.' The NASA site certainly doesn't provide any support for your claim. It does say that GRBs can be temporarily 'the brightest source of cosmic gamma-ray photons in the observable Universe. ', but that is worlds away from your claim.When you propose a thread it is supposed to be a coherent topic for discussion, I don't see how this fits the criteria.TTFN,AW

Good lord of all who walk or crawl! AdminWounded rejects my proposal but still gets to have his unilateral debate on it. Tyranny at EvC? Or just business as usual? Me thinks something is rotten north of Hadrian's Wall. Forget it.”HM

Feel free to register a complaint at the appropriate thread, General Discussion Of Moderation Procedures 13.0 or alternatively at Topic Proposal Issues.As It is I'm closing this down for now since you seem to have no interest in working to actually make your topic suitable for promotion.TTFN,AW