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getting it wrong
Dec. 19th, 2010 09:10 amI've seen a couple of links to the big Faux News story about the eclipse Monday night...
"Do we need flashlights?" Um, no.
The Moon is going through the Earth's shadow. It's going to get dark there, not here on Earth - here's not even going to get as dark as a standard-issue new Moon night.
It's kinda funny, but I wince at basic science illiteracy. And where folks who watch Fox News are measurably more misinformed than folks who get their news from other sources, I kind of want to cry. Just a little.
"Do we need flashlights?" Um, no.
The Moon is going through the Earth's shadow. It's going to get dark there, not here on Earth - here's not even going to get as dark as a standard-issue new Moon night.
It's kinda funny, but I wince at basic science illiteracy. And where folks who watch Fox News are measurably more misinformed than folks who get their news from other sources, I kind of want to cry. Just a little.