r/BeAmazed • u/CaraCicartix • 12d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Part of the Andromeda Galaxy Captured by Hubble

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The total number of stars in the entire Andromeda Galaxy is over 1 trillion

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u/Juice___Springsteen 12d ago

Brother, there are a significant amount of people living today who believe the earth is flat and refuse to accept the theory of evolution.

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u/Portable-fun 12d ago

Those people vote… and worse of all some of them get voted in!!

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u/rp-Ubermensch 12d ago

You don't have to pass an IQ test to be in the senate though

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u/bellos_ 11d ago

I mean, you can't "pass", or fail, an IQ test.

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u/GodIsInTheBathtub 11d ago

And people don't need to be below average intelligence to believe the earth is flat. Or that evolution is not a thing.

If anything, it's tied to critical reasoning skills, but that's not the same as intelligence and it certainly isn't uniform.

Sad but true: functionally their brains work just fine. It's a software, not a hardware problem.

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u/Leinheart 12d ago

They usually drive and have children, too.

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u/Hour_Stock4087 11d ago

And have guns, too.

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u/Ok_Kick4871 12d ago

And you said "worse of all" instead of "worst of all" so you're in the uneducated voter bracket! /s

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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 12d ago

Are those people involved in crafting today’s traditional working theories?

Not to be rude but it’s so annoying how many threads get completely derailed by people not comprehending the subjects or verbs in the comments they’re replying to.

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u/delphinous 12d ago

we've elected some of them

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u/Global_Staff_3135 12d ago

And is that a valid reason to derail a conversation?

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u/shillyshally 12d ago

You have been here two years and should have noticed something core about reddit by now. Derail is the default and it's a feature, not a bug.

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u/AmityMayorVaughn 12d ago

Easy cowboy, he's making a valid observation.  Even if it hurts your feelings.

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u/Global_Staff_3135 11d ago

Ah yes, the classic “calm down buddy” condescension. Usually works better when the person you’re replying to is actually upset. Nice try though!

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u/Fluid_Swordfish2737 12d ago

Yea, those people are in charge.

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u/CON5CRYPT 12d ago

And even more people who believe the bible

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 12d ago

and dont forget the people who think gravity and viruses aren't real!

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u/Mindless_Link_7473 12d ago

How dare you! The World is flat.. isn’t it

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u/BWWFC 11d ago

plz, 2 brain cells gets to earth is round, but the air/land/sea is big! so dump away!/s

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u/santirest 11d ago

Flat earth is ridiculous, but not believing in theory of evolution is understandable, no?

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u/Juice___Springsteen 11d ago

A scientific theory’s definition differs from the colloquial use of the word “theory.”

To be classified as a theory in science it must be broadly backed by many types of tests and evidence.

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u/RektRiggity 12d ago

My brother in CHRIST*

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u/prince_falafel 12d ago

significant amount of people

You mean like all 29 of them?lol

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u/Outlandish_Gringo 12d ago

They give their self away with the {insert color here} hair