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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (11 children)

Ornithologists should hang out with astronomers. They do the same naming scheme with telescopes. They've named some classics like the Very Large Array (VLA) and the Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST).

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[–] PiJiNWiNg 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not to mention "The Big Bang", and " Spooky Action At a Distance"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Spooky action at a distance is how Einstein called quantum entanglement. That is the official name.

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