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the other half from what people erroneously call the "dark" side

While there can be no doubt that some section of the populace erroneously call it the dark side we can only hope that their number is small. The rest of us call it the dark side metaphorically. Nobody (excepting perhaps that same section of the populace) is suggesting for a moment that the Dark Ages were literally dark or that the Dark Web is literally dark. We use "dark" as a metaphor for things which are or were unknown.

That said, there's nothing wrong for non-astronauts referring to it as the far side of the moon instead.

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Re^5: What would be the most significant thing to happen if a rope (or wire) tied the Earth and the Moon together?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 02, 2015 at 11:50 UTC

    Then again, you can't really have a "side" of a spherical object can you!

    Well, maybe inside and outside; though, as Morin demonstrated, even that's not strictly true for a hollow sphere; but I digress.

    I guess we might call it the 'Dark Hemisphere'; but with 'dark' being so controversial, perhaps not.

    The 'Far Hemisphere' suffers from the same problem as 'Next City'; just a teansy weansy bit short-sighted relatively (NOTE: not relativistically) speaking.

    Of course, the 'Occulted Hemisphere' suffers the same problem, even if it wouldn't be condemn by great swaths of religious leaders.

    How about the 'Lunar Hemisphere We Don't Normally See'? (Will the use of 'Normal' be controversial in some circles I wonder?)

    Plus, good luck getting Pink Floyd to retroactively modify their lyrics to incorporate that.

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Re^5: What would be the most significant thing to happen if a rope (or wire) tied the Earth and the Moon together?
by shmem (Chancellor) on Nov 02, 2015 at 13:25 UTC
    The rest of us call it the dark side metaphorically.

    Well.

    1. No enlightenment without perception. Light is what reveals all things to the eye. Unseen, unrevealed, they remain in darkness.
    2. From full moon towards new moon, the darkness from the dark side of the moon slowly creeps upon the bright side of the moon! The moon isn't turning around. But the new moon now has two dark sides.

    So, let us refer to them two sides as "front" and "back". Or else.

    perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'
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Re^5: What would be the most significant thing to happen if a rope (or wire) tied the Earth and the Moon together?
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 02, 2015 at 12:44 UTC
    Would s/erroneously/misleadingly/ be OK?

    Btw in average its indeed darker, cause earth light (see earthshine) never gets there.

    But with the wire we can finally realize electrical street lights and illuminated craters.

    UPDATE

    > That said, there's nothing wrong for non-astronauts referring to it as the far side of the moon instead.

    They must be predominant on Wikipedia. See far side of the Moon

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