[BobL]

“NASA telescope uncovers new mystery in supernova first spotted by Chinese astronomers 2,000 years ago”

Was it their slanted eyes that allowed only Chinese to spot the super-bright supernova (perhaps some secret wavelength?), or was it that everyone saw it back then, but only the Chinese kept a record of it?

[marktwain]

was it that everyone saw it back then, but only the Chinese kept a record of it?

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This.

[hanamizu]

“...was it that everyone saw it back then, but only the Chinese kept a record of it?”

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I think it’s the same principle as “if a man says something in a forest and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?”

[rxh4n1]

“or was it that everyone saw it back then, but only the Chinese kept a record of it?”

This is most likely. Astrologers all over the civilized world were closely watching the stars for thousands of years even before this event.