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I think it'll be neat to continue to use the word "earth" as a quaint anachronism in some long distant future. A great opportunity to explain to kids that human

by itp 10y ago

I think it'll be neat to continue to use the word "earth" as a quaint anachronism in some long distant future. A great opportunity to explain to kids that humanity was once limited to a single astronomical body... (The optimist in me is leaking out.)

btkramer9 10y ago
When I was a child and learned the name of our planet was Earth, I was extremely disappointed. How could we possible name our own planet after something as boring as 'dirt'?
oblio 10y ago
Heh... Horsepower. Candela. We have a lot of precedents ;)