Neil deGrasse Tyson
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That's all I'm saying.
But still, we've got to be cautious, just as you said.
All right, well, let's get to the queries now.
This is JB from Patreon who says, Hi, Neil and Jake.
This is Jessica from Arizona.
In 2005, the movie War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise, these machines driven by aliens start eviscerating people with white laser beams, effectively turning them into ash.
Would it be possible to harness light this way into a kind of super laser?
If so, where would you go to stay safe?
Which would be in defense against.
Okay, yeah, so Jake, yeah, Jake.
Well, she's saying, yes.
Is it possible to use light in this manner?
So that is a different way of saying, is that weapon possible?
And in that way, you could fight with a weapon equivalent to what they're using.
Or you could defend against it.