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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"We know more about space than the oceans"

Bitch the stars are out in the open. All you have to do is look up. We've been doing it since the dawn of civilization.

Sorry, I hear that factoid too much from people don't know better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

but that doesnt make the 'factoid' any less true...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a factoid to me because it doesn't say much because what is "know better" any way? We've only sent people up to the moon and there are only ten people in orbit at this moment. Meanwhile, we likely send out more people underwater, everyday. The factoid suggests we know a lot about space even though we have no idea what 95% of space is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

its referring to images and recordings of space. there are hundreds of pictures of other galaxies, in remarkable definition, but no images of most of the ocean floor. we know more about what is actually out there, as well as what the planets and stars are made of, how far away they are, how they interact with each other, etc. we can know about something without physically visiting it