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The latter. Adversity encourages strength.
by burnished 5y ago
The latter. Adversity encourages strength.
- tux3 5y agoOne statement often applied to others, seldom for oneself. People don't choose adversity, they only like to dispense it.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoPositioning of telescopes is about "how good is the view from here?" it favours hills, but that is not driven by the hazards. However the hazards up on hills are more typically those of exposure, altitude and isolation, not incoming gravitationally-propelled objects.
- ncmncm 5y ago"How do you keep warm, up on a mountain top all night?" "We don't."
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoI learned that at University; the students who were doing Astronomy / Astrophysics would make pilgrimages to the Big Telescope, which was located over 200 miles away, in a remote and sparsely populated area on a high plateau, known for clear skies, low rainfall and cold nights. Cold cold nights. Not much for students to do outside of work either; the nearest town had 3K people, whose interests included farming and churchgoing.