Give yourself a Lasertoo!

[Lead]

I believe I would rather have a real tattoo rather than burning myself with a laser, hah.

[Super_X]

I imagine that it would be a lot like a sunburn.

[Camel]

I imagine that it would be a lot like a sunburn.

I'm going to assume that sunburns are caused by energy that has a much lower frequency than what this machine is putting out. If no one attempts to disprove that, I'm going to say that you're way more likely to get cancer from this machine than from sitting in the sun.

[Super_X]

I imagine that it would be a lot like a sunburn.

I'm going to assume that sunburns are caused by energy that has a much lower frequency than what this machine is putting out. If no one attempts to disprove that, I'm going to say that you're way more likely to get cancer from this machine than from sitting in the sun.

The way I figured it, is a higher (lower? Isn't infrared lower that ultra violet?) frequency, for a shorter time.

[Camel]

Yes; infrared and ultraviolet literally mean "below red" and "above violet."

What you've said is the same as saying it's safer to get hit with a wrecking ball in one instant than it is to have someone press on you lightly over a long period of time. The body can tolerate energy when it's being absorbed at a low rate - for example, you probably wont get a sunburn if it's overcast, even if you're out all day, but you might get one very quickly under direct sunlight, even though the amount of energy your body absorbs is the same.

A high dose of radiation over a short period of time is far more likely to trigger a mutation than a low dose of radiation over a long period of time. If that isn't intuitively obvious, reread this post repeatedly until it is.

[Super_X]

Yes; infrared and ultraviolet literally mean "below red" and "above violet."

What you've said is the same as saying it's safer to get hit with a wrecking ball in one instant than it is to have someone press on you lightly over a long period of time. The body can tolerate energy when it's being absorbed at a low rate - for example, you probably wont get a sunburn if it's overcast, even if you're out all day, but you might get one very quickly under direct sunlight, even though the amount of energy your body absorbs is the same.

A high dose of radiation over a short period of time is far more likely to trigger a mutation than a low dose of radiation over a long period of time. If that isn't intuitively obvious, reread this post repeatedly until it is.

I like the comparison; I never thought of it that way, it makes sense.