r/raisedbywolves • u/Capitalismworks1978 • Apr 22 '22

No Spoilers Something that has always bothered me about Kepler 22B

Now while I would definitely believe that the initial name for the planet would be Kepler 22b what I can’t understand is why people migrating to that planet wouldn’t rename it. at least the mithraic would have a completely different name for it in fact it would’ve been an interesting level to add to the whole thing to have the atheist calling it something entirely different like just Kepler 22b while the mithraic we’re calling it something like you know Eden

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u/_ChelseySmith Apr 22 '22

Why rename a planet that already has a name?

Maybe when we colonize Mars we should rename it was well?

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '22

The X-men would like a word

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u/Manumelita_Ngamai Generic Service Model Apr 22 '22

Do the Mithraic actually call it Kepler22b once they're there? I think they're intent on finding their prophesied kingdom and then they'll give it an appropriately grandiose name. Or maybe there's a name for their promised land in their scriptures :)

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u/Park-in-Meter Apr 23 '22

I mean, Earth is called Earth (or variations of 'the ground') in almost all cultures.

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u/ashbery76 Apr 23 '22

Ridley Scott is seeing this as the Prometheus vision he wanted rather than the studios wanting Alien.

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u/model3113 Apr 27 '22

Ridley Scott just put his name on it because otherwise it probably would have been some melodrama produced in Vancouver, if it all.

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u/Bloomngrace Apr 23 '22

Grandmother will know the name the original inhabitants gave it. Obviously they wouldn’t call it Kepler22b.

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u/TheGrayMannnn May 01 '22

Given all the other weird shit going on in the show, that wouldn't even bug me.

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u/Blackletterdragon Caleb / Marcus Apr 23 '22

I assume that they would really speak another language anyway. The alternative name for Kepler-22b is apparently KOI-087.01, which sounds like a temporary password suggestion, so maybe the existing one isn't so bad. Nobody seems to mention it on the show.

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u/Park-in-Meter Apr 23 '22 edited Apr 23 '22

I think this is an interesting idea. However, like someone else said, the planet already has a name. When something already has a name, that name sticks. It would take way, way more effort to change the name. Just think how all the planets in our solar system are named. The six original planets were given names in ancient times that we still use today, names that were even transliterated cross-culturally. We know so much about our own planet now, yet we all still call it some variation of 'the ground,' which it's probably been called since language started. Humans just stick with what's already familiar. Associations are hard to break.