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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of Rocky from Project Hail Mary (sort of, they didn't live under ocean but under an extremely hostile-to-us atmosphere).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That moment where he learns about relativity is so cute. I should read the book again soon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

His initial reaction was hilariously understandable - a huge WTF? But then being a rational being with super human computational ability he started to realize that it fits all the observations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

...and then he got hit by quantum mechanics off-screen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, that was my first thought to.