@drossbucket I had a brief astronomy geek period when I was about 15. Mid-1970s. Astronomy seemed to be at a standstill then…
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It’s amazing and wonderful how rapidly it’s progressing now. I’m writing about Copernicus today… 500 years later, field still going strong.
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I’ve learned more astronomy in the past couple months, as background to metarationality book, than I had since I was 15. Having a blast!
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I'm a bit of a fake, never had a serious astronomy geek period at all, though of course I realise it's cool now!
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I just loved differential geometry, which took me to GR, which took me to gravitational waves and neutron stars...
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Childhood nerdery was centred round natural history, esp. insects, and I always assumed I'd study some sort of biology
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I had an insects period too! around age 10 I think
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