>I received two this week. I do not understand the idiocy of the senders. Not only because they do not read or comprehend what they are sending (these two where from people known to me, not spam-bots) but for the lack of critical thinking. You do not need to know much about astronomy and just a little physics to realize that if Mars ever shows at the same size as the moon something is very wrong!
Pretty obvious to me. But it seems that some of our beloved friends either lack very basic astronomical knowledge, or very basic skills in critical thinking. Plus a lack of experience with mail chains...
>One more explanation:
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http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/news/That site looks quite interesting.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
