Originally posted by markj:
We were still so ignorant about our place in the galaxy let alone the universe. The majority still thought that the Milky Way was either way too large or 1/3 the size we know it to be. That the the Milky Way was the extent of the universe, and that other observed galaxies, labeled "nebulae", by some, and "island universes" by others, were within the confines of the Milky Way.
https://www.sciencenews.org/ar...n=editorspicks042620Knowing the current state of our hate filled, superstitious species, I think true enlightenment is just a far distant, if not impossible dream.
