The most rewarding part of teaching intro astronomy was always introducing students to a different and useful way to approach knowledge. I’d start with a fun little activity.
Me: “The world was created three seconds ago by a Great Deceiver intent on fooling us into believing that it is much older.”
Amid befuddled stares, a student raises her hand.
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