05-25-2017, 07:03 PM
michaelb wrote:
Not my area of expertise, but are you joking about the "neat" part? I didn't think the reversal would happen quickly, but instead take many years, and we would not be adequately protected from the bombardment of cosmic rays during that transition.
It'll take a little off the top of the atmosphere but seeing as it's happened dozens of times in the past, it doesn't look to be too much of a concern for animal and plant life.
However it will protect us less from CMEs and solar storms so our electronics infrastructure could be seriously or catastrophically affected if one of those happens.
But that information comes from scientists so who can believe them, right? I mean WTF does education and expertise mean when everyone thinks ignorance and self-importance are all that matters.