Where are we in the universe? And what can we learn from all the hilariously wrong guesses and bad maps that got us there? And just how much carrot propaganda was there? Well, we'll see a lot of posters and a few myths to debunk!

Images we Talk About: Dunn's Earth & Moon Maps Herschel's Milky Way Map Wright's Island Universes Drawing The Image of M31 from 1919 First Full Image of Earth The World Carrot Museum Carrot Poster 1 Carrot Poster 2 Disney Carrot Characters Dr Carrot

Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:04:44) Where are We? (00:45:11) Carrot Propaganda (01:24:04) Outro

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We also learn about: we’re allowed to make up topics I guess, Samuel Dunn’s map of the Earth and moon, subtle thematic forshadowing, galactocentrism, the awkward teenage years of science, every human could see the milky way, the backbone of night, the milky origins of galaxy, Herschel’s heliocentric drawing of the milky way, Cosmic Pride, the zone of avoidance, island universes is multiverses for the middle ages, the great or not so great debate, can you debate something more interesting like moo deng, M31 the little cloud, the person whose telescope proceeds him: Edwin Hubble, “here is the letter that has destroyed my universe”, years of fighting over terminology, the World Carrot Museum, the moment this turned from a distraction into a topic, we do actually need vitamin A for night vision and eye health, you can only get vitamin A from meat… and vegetables… and fruits, the blackouts in WWII, carrots to help drivers be safer in the dark, incredible podcasts - they help you see in the blackout, Cat Eyes Cunningham, no official document shows intentionally hiding radar with carrot vision, the myth happened organically, “the war could be won on the kitchen front”, Walt Disney designed carrot mascots, if you don’t think food is political I have some posters to show you.

Sources:

Yale History of the Center of the Universe Library of Congress: History of Discovering the Milky Way NASA Archive of The Great Debate Hoskin's Amazing "The Great Debate: What Really Happened" Astronomy of Today Book with the Image of the M31 "Nebula" Hubble: The Realm of the Nebulae ESA Bio on Edwin Hubble NYTimes Hubble Bio Science Friday Article about Henrietta Leavitt Kragh's Fantastic "Nebulae or Galaxies? The history of a change in astronomical terminology

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NHS: Macular Health American Academy of Opthamology on Vitamin Deficiency American Optometric Society on Vitamin A Eye Health Healthline: Are Carrots Good for Your Eyes? Smithsonian Magazine: A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark Web Archive: World Carrot Museum NYT 1940: London Urges Carrot Diet For 'Blackout Blindness' NYT 1942: Blackout Hints -- From a Blackout Veteran NYT 1942: Disney Family BBC: How 'Cat's Eyes' helped change the world Britannica: One Good Fact