2026-04-10 11:43 UTC
Carl Sagan said that you need a universe first.
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@roguetrick@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 11:49
Imagine the universe as a spherical cow.
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@hansolo@lemmy.today 2026-04-10 16:15
No, that was to bake a pie. He didn't say universe before cow. Therefore, cow is infinite.
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@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 04:00
This is a physics problem not a philosophy problem
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@peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-11 10:26
Well they didnt ask him, did they?
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@DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 12:37
Right. The kid was saying the same thing, in a way. The question presupposed the existence of the cow. Making an apple pie "from scratch" presupposes the existence of apples. Both presuppose the existence of the universe.
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@aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2026-04-10 11:55
The only person who could be more smarmy in that regard than Neal deGrasse Tyson.