I don’t understand how one night a guy looked at the stars and said that if you draw a line between certain stars you can see a lion. And also were they chosen at random?
In: Planetary Science
I suppose before we had TV, books and artificial light, we needed an activity to do in the dark. Some people stared at the stars, saw patterns, and created stories. What’s amazing is that this was independently done by many people and cultures over time. Maybe it’s part of human nature?
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