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Theophilous Thunderwulf says: What have you done to fuck with people? Was it a long, carefully planned piece of psychological warfare, or do you favour quick, off-the-cuff comments that confuse the terminally gullible? Have you been dicked with, and only realised many years later? Are you being dicked right now? Tell us everything.

(, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 11:25)
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Olber's Paradox
Ok, so you've established that there are a lot of stars out there. There are practically infinite numbers of stars, so if you pick any direction there will be (possibly very, very far away) a star in that direction.

So, given that there is a star in every direction, everywhere you look, you're looking directly at a star.

So why isn't the whole night sky as bright as the sun?
(, Fri 13 Jan 2012, 17:14, 2 replies)
Because it's night time.

(, Sat 14 Jan 2012, 5:42, closed)
stop the Internet
we have a winner.
(, Sat 14 Jan 2012, 21:55, closed)
Inverse square.
Edit: plus redshift.
(, Sat 14 Jan 2012, 23:42, closed)

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