BurdenSurging t1_it1o7m8 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:28 AM

Reply to NASA's Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation by cubosh

...and isn't it magnificent!!! I just love the JWST.

BurdenSurging t1_iswppjo wrote on October 19, 2022 at 6:57 AM

Reply to "In other words, an important lesson we can draw from Hans Blumenberg’s writings on myth is that the dangerous political myths of our own times as well as those of the past can only be countered by inventing new myths, telling better stories, and writing more convincing histories." by Maxwellsdemon17

Noob alert...

Challenging political myth can serve to double down on the conviction of believers whereas growth and expansion on the original can gently move things on.

The Romans did this effectively with their gods when invading. Rather than banish, or outlaw the established god's of the country they had invaded, they gently introduced their similar deities and entwined them into established myth. Maybe not the best example but thought it was relevant.