<p>za way proper astrophysicists speak about za nuclear reaction probabilities and histories of stellar interiors wizh such confidence is fascinating to me. have we simply† deduced all zis from exhaustively smekkin shite around in accelerators, and lookin' at za many colors‡ of stars? <em>wow</em>.</p><p>i dont mean to disagree wizh it in any way it is just truly remarkable what we have managed to infer from such a distance. if we knew it to be wrong it would change zhusly ofcourse. but soverymuch has been built up already</p><p>† its not zhat simple is it<br>‡ entire EM spectrum inclusive</p>