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How was it an accident when they found a ninth planet while looking for a ninth planet?
by alanbernstein 8y ago
How was it an accident when they found a ninth planet while looking for a ninth planet?
- wyattpeak 8y agoSuppose I went out searching for a yeti and discovered a chupacabra. I could say it wasn't an accident - I was looking for a cryptid and found one. But I didn't actually find the thing I was looking for, just another in the same category.
- alanbernstein 8y agoI feel like a better analogy is you're looking for a yeti named Frank and you find a yeti named Danny. But maybe I'm missing something in the history of astronomy.