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Extrapolation and Interpolation

Extrapolation and Interpolation

To imagine big, first think small. Then do small, to achieve big. 

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J Robert Clark
Sep 14, 2020
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A few months back, I wrote a story on the potential for alien first contact. I cited several astronomical figures, including the universe's size, the number of galaxies and stars, and the number of habitable Earth-like planets. These are huge numbers; no one has seen, let alone counted, all of these. Instead, ast…

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