Why some scientists say our universe is Sad Millennial Beige
Popular Science Team
created: Nov. 5, 2025, 2:13 p.m. | updated: Nov. 14, 2025, 2:22 p.m.
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A color science expert named Mark Fairchild caught one glaring error in the fun little thought experiment: the astronomers came up with the color using free software that had been calibrated with the wrong white point.
Basically, their results presumed that the viewer was looking at the universe while standing in a room with neon red lighting.
While that’s not how inheritance actually works, broadly speaking, it does seem like Lamarck might deserve some retroactive credit.
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