Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Philosophy Wire: Water on the Moon. Vases. Finding the “obvious”.

A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain. [1] We keep on missing the obvious. We thought life is scarce in the universe. Now we know it is something common. We thought water is scarce. Now we know it is something common. The only common thing about uncommon things is that they are… common after all. Nothing is uncommon. Except what is uncommon. At the end we will see all the pieces of the cosmos. Together. Broken and yet complete. Look at that vase. There is not just one vase. There are vases everywhere…

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