It must be magical to be really smart; the kind of person whose cerebrum is composed of hundreds of thousands of cerebral folds ready to not only store information but to analyze it beyond measure. Sometimes, I have this feeling my cerebrum feels like the outside of a bowling ball and it isn't pretty.
For instance, I'll read an article and when I get to the bottom of the page I'll ask myself, "What the hell did I just read?" Then I'll go back to the top of the page and start over and repeat the process again and again and again until I get totally bored and then turn to the Cartoon Channel.
Last night I read an article out of Forbes Magazine about a comet that is going to appear on the horizon February 1. So far so good, right? But then to piece went on to say the last time this one particular comet appeared was 50,000 years ago. That's when my 'what the heck' phase kicked in. How in the name of heaven would anyone know this? Did an astronomer talk to someone who was alive then? Who was the guy who spotted this miracle and how would he know? Do the people who study these things have a book listing all the stars, planets and constellations for ready reference? Furthermore, this particular comet has a name. It's C/2022E3ZTF. Not very sexy is it? For my thimble brain I have to think it the name of this piece of cold ice has this neutered name there must be a bajillion others out there with about the same moniker.
I forwarded the piece to a guy who is intellectually on a par with the dudes who are studying this work of God. Maybe he can answer my questions.
You can read the piece for yourself if you desire. I hope it doesn't take you forever and a day to comprehend the work as it did me. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/01/10/rare-comet-will-pass-earth-for-first-time-in-50000-years-how-to-watch-and-what-it-means-for-the-past/?sh=4e823b5e7732
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