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September 12, 2007

Excuse Me? Hope?

The New York Times had a science article today that was so ridiculous that it just blew me away. According to the article, astronomers have discovered a planet that seems to have survived its host sun's demise and, they say, that means there is hope for the survival of Earth when our Sun dies about five billion years from now. All life on Earth will be snuffed out when it expands into a red giant, of course, but somehow "there is some hope."

I ask you, who gives a rip if some part of the ball of rock we're living on manages to continue to float around in space after our sun expands and swallows it up, then burns out leaving it a lifeless ball of icy rock? How is that cause for "hope"? Why would it matter if there was no one left for it to matter to?

Posted by Becky at September 12, 2007 09:06 PM