/sci/ - Science & Math

Someone please explain constellations to me. I just don't see it. None of these look even remotely like the things they're named after. Worse, you can "connect" the stars in a million alternative and equally (im)plausible ways, and they would still resemble nothing.

So 1) how and why the fuck did the dead fuckers from thousands of years ago come up with this shit and 2) why do we continue to use them? Just erase them from the public record and common usage and put them in the box of disregarded dumb stuff, along with alchemy and humours etc.