Comments on: The coolest exoplanets http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:23:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: xia http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293/comment-page-1#comment-14726 xia Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:01:45 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293#comment-14726 einstein wasnt into math, he was into physics... math is just a tool you know, like some people are into really tall buildings, but others are just into rivet guns or cranes and SETI will never find anything their focus is unfortunately too narrow imagine shining a really bright flashlight with a light radius of 2cm into a large blacked out cave and trying to discover if there are miniature mountain lions driving shriner cars around in there einstein wasnt into math, he was into physics…
math is just a tool

you know, like some people are into really tall buildings, but others are just into rivet guns or cranes

and SETI will never find anything
their focus is unfortunately too narrow

imagine shining a really bright flashlight with a light radius of 2cm into a large blacked out cave and trying to discover if there are miniature mountain lions driving shriner cars around in there

]]> By: Ransom http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293/comment-page-1#comment-14683 Ransom Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:08:45 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293#comment-14683 Whoops, you guys are right -- that's billion and trillion, respectively. Can't get my units straight today! Whoops, you guys are right — that’s billion and trillion, respectively. Can’t get my units straight today!

]]> By: Mark http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293/comment-page-1#comment-14679 Mark Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:24:02 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293#comment-14679 Gliese isn't 120 million miles from Earth; that would put it within the Solar System. Perhaps it's that distance from the star it orbits? Gliese isn’t 120 million miles from Earth; that would put it within the Solar System. Perhaps it’s that distance from the star it orbits?

]]> By: minifig http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293/comment-page-1#comment-14669 minifig Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:16:51 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/6293#comment-14669 I'm guessing that there's a "bn" missing from the oldest planet bullet. 12.7 years seems pretty young for a planet in my books! I’m guessing that there’s a “bn” missing from the oldest planet bullet. 12.7 years seems pretty young for a planet in my books!

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