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Every Year More Than 5,000 tons of Extraterrestrial Dust Fall to Earth (robologiclab.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Thinking of the old adage "Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust" it could be alians landing on Earth ;-)

[+] [email protected] -8 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (2 children)

I wouldn't get my hopes up... I don't think you or any other laymen have heard of the term 'Fermi paradox' but it does a good job of explaining why (I have heard of it and && have stdied it in great detail because I deal with all kinds of mathematical formulae and theories (+ more) in my field of study))

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (1 children)

I don't think you or any other laymen have heard of term "being condoscending"

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 years ago

It's spelled as "condescending", not "condoscending" and no, I'm not "being condoscending". I suppose I was a tad too straightforward.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago (1 children)

I'd prefer to be called a 'layperson' if I'm to be labelled ;-)

[+] [email protected] -7 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

Well, you are not very adept in the English language, are you?

I recommend reading English literature/taking grammar classes to improve your understanding of the language.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

Actually I am. English is my first language and I studied it too in tertiary education. It does seem though that you really jump qyuickly to incorrecty assumptions about others. I was really pointing out to you that I prefer to be addressed by a more politically correct term such as layperson, if you really want to give me a label. You seem to have missed that nuance.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

qyuickly

incorrecty

Do you mean 'quickly' and 'incorrectly'?

politically correct term

I'm not interested in politics.. (My father says this is my weak point but I'm inclined to believe otherwise, considering the growth of my newest venture ;) )

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

Again you miss the nuance... it's not about party politics - it about being gender sensitive, racially sensitive, etc. That is your third strike on the nuances of the English language. It's not about mathematics but about meaning and context. But OK this is a science forum so I don't want to end up trolling it, as the topic is languages.