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You seem a little negative towards astronomy for an amateur astronomer. Knowing that Pluto is there, or other galaxies exist has little use in terms of utility,
by gizajob 4y ago
You seem a little negative towards astronomy for an amateur astronomer. Knowing that Pluto is there, or other galaxies exist has little use in terms of utility, but we still want to know. The images and data output by the JWST might be of little use to scientists in 100 or 1000 years, but that data will still spark the next round of research that will put them in the more advanced position they find themselves in.
- nickff 4y agoI love knowing this stuff, and getting to see the faint light that comes to us from so far away, and so long ago. I still think it's almost totally useless.
- gizajob 4y agoI was trying to highlight the difference between being useful and being valuable. Your stargazing might not be particularly useful but it's very valuable, because you enjoy it and because you're awed by what you see. Trying to find it useful or useless doesn't need to come in to it.