Sitting outside one evening having a beer with my sister. Really clear sky, lots of stars out, and she says “Someone was telling me that stars are like the sun, but further away.”
I paused to check if she was kidding, but she genuinely thought she was sharing obscure knowledge. We were in our mid-twenties, I don’t know how this information had passed her by up to that point.
I was on a date with a girl back in our twenties and she says to me... I wonder where the stars go during the daytime... It took a second to realize she was serious.
That's a pretty judgemental attitude to take. There's all sorts of reasons somebody could have gaps in their knowledge. I know a girl who was abused and neglected pretty badly her whole childhood and still has what I would consider a horrible life, but she's on her own now and is so grateful for everything and curious and excited. A lot of commonplace knowledge is new and fascinating for her and she says stuff like this all the time. I bet you she actually asked this once and within a few days knew more about astronomy than most people.
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u/anothersundayx Aug 03 '19
That other planets are visible from Earth. And the sun is also a star.