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Originally Posted by evman150
All I'm hoping for is an appreciation of the distance. The appreciation that light travels really fast. And that a light year is a really long distance.
Asking how many light years away Mars is shows a gross misunderstanding of the concept.
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I disagree. Knowing the distance to Mars, as a comparison, gives one a greater appreciation of the concept.
I would recommend patience when dealing with the general public on matters of science.
Radley