There's a fine line between a love of accuracy and obsessive pedantry. Actually: perhaps not so fine a line.https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/682748531543797760 …
@NeilBhatiya But what he wrote makes no sense. Every human calendar date is "astronomically insignificant."
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@HeerJeet@NeilBhatiya DONT BE SO PEDANTICThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet The equinoxes and the solstices are examples of calendar dates which are astronomically significant. -
@RealMadLogician@HeerJeet but equinoxes and solstices are not dates; they are events that occur USUALLY on specific dates. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet@NeilBhatiya The solstices and equinoxes would disagree -
@mepsmith@NeilBhatiya Those dates matter only because life on earth cares about them. No astronomical significance beyond our concern - Show replies
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@HeerJeet@NeilBhatiya but he didn't say that ANY date IS "astronomically signficant"; so . . . . ?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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