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[sigmaleph]

yesterday i walked past a little kid talking excitedly to their I-presume-parent about "there's something science can't explain: why is space black if-" and it got cut off at that point by a combination of me walking too far and other excited children sounds masking it (I live near a few schools and often make it back home from work around the time they let out; excited children sounds are a common occurrence)

anyway I wonder if said kid had come across (or independently derived) Olber's paradox and would have appreciated some further information on how science does explain it. inconveniently i am a socially awkward introvert and not a character in an edutainment show so I don't interrupt children on the street to answer their science questions.