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icelandichorsey t1_jb6v8bw wrote

Astronomy is so many minds-blown ahead of me by now that I'll never catch up. RIP me.

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CHANROBI t1_jb77b6d wrote

Sometimes I wonder if any of this shit is even real

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S-Y-L-R t1_jbdcp5i wrote

This is where my mind clash. I believe in science and in space. I recently been digging deeper into it, but to me the more I dig it gets really complicated.It drives me insane to think about it and makes me wonder if it's even real. Space at time makes no sense to me, I know I'm not an astrophysicist but my God man some shit they say doesn't make sense, like how do you know this stuff goes back to the big bang and how are we the only ones alive? How come we've never seen this supposed 9th planet this whole time?

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nvidiot_ t1_jb8dg5f wrote

Most people don't understand how mirrors or magnifying glasses work. A rudimentary understanding of physics is preventing them from understanding even the explanation for what they're seeing in pictures from astronomy. Maybe they don't teach that stuff in primary education anymore, idk. My upbringing was much different.

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StevenTM t1_jbbprf3 wrote

Eh? Who.. doesn't know how a mirror works? Or a magnifying glass? Do you go around thinking there are a significant number of people who think either of those are witchcraft?

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WhotheHellkn0ws t1_jb7rq1k wrote

Right? I just started getting into this stuff and feel I'm late to the party. I'm still young but still... I wish I could eat books for their knowledge 😩

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nvidiot_ t1_jb8d28d wrote

I feel like it's simple to understand, but no more simple than how magnifying glasses or mirrors work, and many people don't really understand how those work unless they've taken university physics. Gravity curving space doesn't make sense as an analogy if you don't understand refraction or how a magnifying glass works.

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