The question of why the sky is dark at night is a textbook problem, but textbook answers may still miss the point. The problem is that of determining which is the more dominant of the two preferred solutions.
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Maddox, J. Olbers' paradox has more to teach. Nature 349, 363 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/349363a0
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