I'm already familiar with the solar clock cycle hypothesis.

It's just not supported in the geological records as an event of the magnitude they pitch it as. Even by their reckoning, homo erectus has already survived it dozens of times and agrarian civilization has survived at least two.

Simply put, it doesn't make a compelling argument as a civilization ending event. It's not even as convincing as a continental scale event compared to Yellowstone (which probably would kill tens of millions), or a technology focused event like a geomagnetic reversal (which would almost certainly wipe out most if not all of our LEO satellites).

Yellowstone WILL happen sometime in the next 50 thousand years or so. The geological record on that is very clear, happens like clockwork. When it does it will wipe out most life east of Chicago in the immediate ash event, followed by a mass famine caused by the collapse of northern hemisphere agriculture, and the ensuing war that will prevoke. Assuming we're still around to fight over it to begin with.

I'm already familiar with the solar clock cycle hypothesis.

It's just not supported in the geological records as an event of the magnitude they pitch it as. Even by their reckoning, homo erectus has already survived it dozens of times and agrarian civilization has survived at least two.

Simply put, it doesn't make a compelling argument as a civilization ending event. It's not even as convincing as a continental scale event compared to Yellowstone (which probably would kill tens of millions), or a technology focused event like a geomagnetic reversal (which would almost certainly wipe out most if not all of our LEO satellites).

Yellowstone WILL happen sometime in the next 50 thousand years or so, and when it does it will wipe out most life east of Chicago in the immediate ash event, followed by a mass famine caused by the collapse of northern hemisphere agriculture, and the ensuing war that will prevoke. Assuming we're still around to fight over it to begin with.

I'm already familiar with the solar clock cycle hypothesis.

It's just not supported in the geological records as an event of the magnitude they pitch it as. Even by their reckoning, homo erectus has already survived it dozens of times and agrarian civilization has survived at least two.

Simply put, it doesn't make a compelling argument as a civilization ending event. It's not even as convincing as a continental scale event compared to Yellowstone (which probably would kill tens of millions), or a technology focused event like a geomagnetic reversal (which would almost certainly wipe out most if not all of our LEO satellites).