What if everyone pointed a laser at the moon?

Original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/13/

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Tldw or tldr: Nothing. Far too little power.

I suggest you read the script. It's very entertaining and very informative.
The guy that writes this sounds like a clever chap. Maybe we can get him to design the sorting algorithm for Lemmy?
- For answering or coming up with the questions?
  
  Randall Munroe, the writer of the xkcd comic, and these incredible 'what ifs' developed the 'top' sorting algorithm for reddit.
Yeah, but what if you had deathstar levels of power at your disposal? It’s not going to be merely laser ablation at that point, now is it?could you really blow up the whole moon, just like Alderaan?

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