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That's a cute idea, but it's extremely unlikely to be true. If nothing else, the human fascination with 7 is a much more likely explanation, especially since 6
by tsimionescu 3y ago
That's a cute idea, but it's extremely unlikely to be true. If nothing else, the human fascination with 7 is a much more likely explanation, especially since 6 is nowhere near as important a number in this way (1,2,3 and 7 are much more common in myths and fairytales).
- throwaway8877 3y agoAustralian natives have stories than originate over 10000 years ago that have been proven to be factual.
- tsimionescu 3y agoThat's still 90,000 years younger than the supposed story of the 7 Pleiades. Also consider that no myths survived of much more interesting and recent astronomical phenomena, like the supernova that was visible for a few weeks even in full daylight [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1054 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1054].
- explaininjs 3y agoHumans have made stories about the stars for as long as there have been humans. Why do you think this is unreasonable?
- xigency 3y agoIt’s not unreasonable per se but seems a weak hypothesis without more supporting evidence.