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Lord Rogukiel wrote:
As others have said above, this discovery might not be useful now, but it would change a lot about our perception and understanding on the universe, and that will come into play eventually...

There are two types of people in this world, those who find knowledge that helps them to be useful, and those who find knowledge useful.

Science is about expanding our horizons and understanding of the universe. Too many people have forgotten what it's like to look "up."

Carmine the Wolf wrote:Just as an aside on this matter to any creationists thinking that this is ammo to discredit science in general: science is self-correcting, this is the process you are observing in progress...you are still wrong and a moron.

/humor