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xkcd #2865: The Wrong Stuff (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The phantom found Edward Everett Hale a century too early; by the time we invented satellites, the specifics of his 'brick moon' proposal were dismissed as science fiction.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (9 children)

https://explainxkcd.com/2865

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Does Randall also work on explainxkcd? Because the explanation for the Trojan Horse seems to be pretty far fetched. Although I can't think of a better explanation either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That was the same explanation I came up with.

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