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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Our perception is limited and our understanding has long outgrown it. White light, by definition is all visible light at equal intensity, thus the sun is NOT white.
Use RGB codes for example. White, by definition would be 255, 255, 255.
The Sun is more like 245, 253, 255 or something .... still looks white enough to us, but by definition, isn't.
Can we agree it's not orange? That is what I was originally pointing out.
From a physical standpoint, sure.
But I'm pretty sure that if you casually ask most people which colour the sun is, you'll hear yellow/orange much more often than white. So for the context of which colour was, prehistorically, associated with warmth I think yellow/orange are the more relevant answers.