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[RT]The Mathematical Skies.
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Author: u/Traiden04 *
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URL: http://english.bouletcorp.com/2015/08/26/brassens-in-space/
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Score: 53
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Created: 2015-08-26T15:13:58
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u/ArgentStonecutter [+11] Emergency Mustelid Hologram (13 minutes later)
That's a lot of scrolling.
5 stars. Would scroll again.
u/PeridexisErrant [+3] put aside fear for courage, and death for life (8 hours later)
Agreed, though there's actually a lot more than five stars. ^^sorry
u/ArgentStonecutter [+4] Emergency Mustelid Hologram (8 hours later)
The beauty of a pun is in the "oy!" of the beholder.
u/eltegid [+2] (18 hours later)
A different perspective, less about gods and mistery, more about beauty http://zenpencils.com/comic/137-richard-feynman-the-beauty-of-a-flower/
u/gbear605 [+1] history’s greatest story (a day later)
They say the sky is Terra Incognito. Terra means earth though. Can someone with latin knowledge help out here? Caelum Incognito?
u/Bouletcorp [+2] (a day later)
I actually used "Caelum Incognito" in another project :) Yes, Terra means Earth (we say "Terre" for "Earth", in french)
But in this context, I would have said it means "Land". The expression "Terra Incognita" is mostly used for "unexplored territory".
I already met the expression refering symbolically to knowledge, fields of research, and even refering to "a new love story" :)
u/E-o_o-3 [+1] (6 days later)
Unexplored caelitory?
u/Nevereatcars [+1] The Greatest Is Behind (2 days later)
The direct latin translation would be something like "unknown land". The phrase was used on maps in Ye Olden Times, to refer to the western continents beyond the oceans; because of the mystique North America held to the people of Europe in those days, the phrase itself became heavily romanticized. So the usage in the story isn't calling from a direct Latin translation; it's tapping into that romanticized connotation.