• @nucleative
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      291 year ago

      It’s like a Futurama joke that flies over most people’s heads

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      This is what happens when people have a basic knowledge of history and basic background knowledge of their field of expertise.

      That’s not to minimize their intelligence and competence; that’s to say that it is expected that astronomers would know the names and histories of major nearby celestial bodies.