Total Solar Eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every two years, or so. So just calm yourself when people tell you they're rare
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Feels silly having pedantic discussion with a great mind such as yours, but how many of those are accessible to people alive today?
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Kinda astonishing that the guy who helped create a series like the Cosmos thinks that total solar eclipse is comparable to the Olympics
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Olympics is just one of a several sporting events. Total solar eclipse is a show put on by the nature-an astonishing coincidence of physics
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Maybe the idea is to stick to the facts and logic and not be swept by the sheer romance of it. Probably better to advance the science?
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But for lay people this is definitely the closest most will ever come to experiencing an astronomical phenomenon. Hard not to get excited.
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Look, this guy is maybe a LITTLE bit smarter than you, so I would listen to him.
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NASA is the one he was initially attacking with his patronizing remarks - does NASA not know what they’re talking about? These are subjective opinions - whether to be excited about what is deemed a rare phenomenon on certain criteria. Criteria Niel is choosing to ignore.
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yeah but how many of those Olympics are only viewable from the middle of the ocean?
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But how many Olympics has the average person been to?
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It's the occurence, location, and duration of <2 min which makes it rare. People should have been excited. It was a rare opportunity indeed.
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How many of either of those are in the US?
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