Whether or not you are a scientist, it’s important to allow new information to change your mind. Yesterday I realized that I needed to revise my post about Monty Python’s Galaxy Song. This is the song from The Meaning Of Life in which Eric Idle sings a bunch of astronomical facts.
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I like Monty Python a lot. A weakness of mine is to assume that people I like are also intelligent. Motorhead’s lyrics are ironic, whereas Kiss’ songs are kind of dumb. Even if I think Monty Python’s Eric Idle is smart, is it safe to assume that he bothered to get his facts straight when he wrote “The Galaxy Song?” Good question. Let’s take a look.
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