• ronigami@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    The fact that the boiling is not spontaneous is not obvious especially on account of how it’s not true. So that definition is going to need some tweaking. And anyway I think it’s much more likely that the person just didn’t notice they were replying to an astronaut than that they thought they could elevate their status. They were trying to share their (incorrect) knowledge.

    • cmhe@lemmy.world
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      24 hours ago

      I guess the question is who they were even talking to. Where they talking to the astronaut, or anyone reading their message. That would make a difference.

      If I say: “When the sun rises…” and someone comes along to enlighten me about astronomy and how the sun doesn’t rise, that would be mansplaining and not correcting. If they talk to someone else because my words inspirerd them to think about this, then it wouldn’t.