WE MUST MUST SACRIFICE HIM TO THE MAN WHO WALKS BEHIND THE ROWS.... I mean... fuck wrong wrong pop culture reference... *flips though script* Ah here we go WE MUST MAKE HIM ONE WITH THE UNITY! EDIT: Petition to change the poster's name to Bill Nye the <s>Buzz Kill</s> Science Guy
Jeez, he was just trying to contribute to the discussion (albeit missing the mark a little) and you guys hate on him for an entire page of posts. I feel bad for him; imagine if this was your reception to the community.
Nah, come on! We are only manifestating, so this is a discussion about the in-game story background, not a real science. Just kidding. OK, back on topic: You are right, when talking about a big amount of a hard gamma rays. But on the other side, we all are living in a permanent, small amount of natural radiation emissed by Earth. Small amount of radiation is tolerable, that do not destroy your cells and in fact, it's one of the evolution keys.
Did you know that smoke alarms have radioactive material in them? I remember in a chemistry class I took, the teacher held a Geiger counter up to one and it started clicking nicely.