Words have the power to be dangerous, and when you are speaking in terms of domestic abuse, semantics do matter. So often, statements and quotes offered up in attempt to encourage a survivor of domestic violence actually end up having the opposite effect. How many of us will internalize what...
The fact that Cleomedes quotes Eratosthenes saying that Syene and Alexandria are on the same meridian is an error that indicates an incomplete understanding by Eratosthenes about the method in question, for it is not necessary for the locations to be on the same Longitude or E-W coordinate.”...
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Humanity could overcome its one-planet status, branch out into the solar system. One day humans might walk on Mars, might work and get married and grow crops on Mars. The tech tree is littered with optimistic quotes from luminaries like Stephen Hawking, all speaking to humanity’s potential....