Do Space Aliens Need Baptism? The View From Gliese 581g
…ist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.” What’s more, whether or not it reflects reality, there is an unavoidable psychological tendency to associate the small with the insignificant. This may be seen in the history of astronomy, which is a history of receding horizons. Scientists have often balked (and not always for scientific reasons) at many of these outward steps. Tycho Brahe, a well-known Danish astronomer of the late 16th century, rejected…
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