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This is commonplace in astronomy, a lot of discoveries come about from analyzing old data. You are putting a bizarre tom clancy spin on this for no reason whats
by InclinedPlane 8y ago
This is commonplace in astronomy, a lot of discoveries come about from analyzing old data. You are putting a bizarre tom clancy spin on this for no reason whatsoever.
- jessaustin 8y agoIANAAstronomer, but Quanta seems to be written for the general public. I'm not saying that any of the researchers have done anything wrong, merely that TFA needs to do a little more work to support this prediction story.
- canjobear 8y agoYou seem to have an enormously strong prior in favor of conspiratorial fraud by astronomers...
- jessaustin 8y agoI could understand this response to my first post, since 'InclinedPlane had largely the same reaction. I had thought the post to which you've responded would have clarified the matter? Do you not believe me when I type "I'm not saying that any of the researchers have done anything wrong"?
- canjobear 8y agoConsider this as honest feedback on your writing: the way your first post is written heavily implies that something malicious and conspiratorial is going on, in such a way that is not defused by saying "I'm not saying something fishy is going on".
- snowwrestler 8y agoIt happens in biology too, where scientists sometimes identify new species while examining old specimens that have been in museum collections for decades or longer.