comets grow up in a neighbourhood

Tags: comets
Categories: Pseudo-explanations

An example of anthropomorphism or animism in popular science writing:

"The results show that you can't judge one comet by another, even those that grew up in the same neighbourhood"

Natalie Starkey

Starkey, N. (2018). Catching Stardust. Comets, asteroids and the birth of the solar system. Bloomsbury Sigma.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.