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xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument (imgs.xkcd.com)
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https://xkcd.com/2898

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"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

But I think the math of the argument is only about the common center between Earth and the sun, taking away all other planets out of the equation, especially Jupiter.