I want to make it clear that I am a huge fan of the show. I'm not going to complain about little science mistakes. I love the show but sometimes I worry about the way it misrepresents science. In one episode Raj says that discovering a planet will make him rich. I have to wonder - how? How will Raj get rich by discovering a planet orbiting a distant star? Does he plan to sell land on that planet? Do the writers of the show really believe that astrophysicists get rich when they discover a planet? And what do they think is the revenue stream? As far as I know science is not about getting rich but about the discovery itself, the desire to know, and for some people (like Sheldon) to get a Nobel prize.
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