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Huge New Galaxy Cluster Found
Anonymous Squonk writes: "The new Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea, the world's largest telescope, is starting to produce big results. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports that the latest find is a previously unknown cluster of over 1,000 galaxies over five billion light years away."
Mod this nonsense down.
>But I don't think they will any time soon, as >they seem to labour under the illusion that
>science is about demeaning our cultures status,
>not enhancing it, and have done so for the last >500 years
Oh bullshit. I hope that i'm not in the minority when i feel that the true aim of science is TRUTH.... irregardless of if it gives you a warm fuzzy, or makes you feel cosmically insignificant.
Reality is NOT a zero sum game. The 'gain' of a monkey speaking sign language is not a 'loss' for homo sapiens. If your neighbor gets a better car than you, does that mean you are somehow 'less'? If you answered yes to that, get professional counselling.
>just how important we are
Get over yourself. The purpose of the universe isn't to make you feel important.
You want science to make you feel important? I have a few papal indulgences to sell you too...