I love a good laugh at my fellow man's expense. One of my favorites was a line from an episode of "The Simpsons". A comet was on a collision course with earth and science was unable to provide any help. Fortunately the "comet" burned up in the atmosphere and was reduced to a rock the size of a chihuahua's head (and fell right at Bart's feet, who discovered it one night while observing with principal Skinner as punishment). Moe the bartender speaks up and yells at the gathered mob, "Let's go burn down the observatory so this sort of thing never happens again!" (LMAO!) The moral of these kinds of things is that intelligent, scientifically literate people tend to congregate, and are usually unaware that most people live their lives on a very simple level, as far as their understanding of nature goes. But we (if I may be so bold as to include myself) are a TINY minority and will be the first against the wall when the animals start rioting. Guy will be much more appreciated then, I assure you! Be afraid. Be very afraid. On 7/29/07, Ann House <ann@annhouse.org> wrote:
In this morning's Parade magazine, Marilyn vosSavant lists questions she has received that she says are just too funny to answer. I must admit, all you can do is laugh at the amazing things that go through people's minds. Among these are a few astronomy-related questions:
Where did all the stars go? In the '50s, the sky was loaded with them. -St. Petersburg, FL
Do you think daylight-saving time could be contributing to global warming? The longer we have sunlight, the more it heats the atmosphere. -San Antonio, TX
I see falling stars nearly every night. They seem to come out of nowhere. Have stars ever fallen out of any known constellations? -Batesville, AK