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>an area of high reflectivity which is thought to be water This not seems to be entirely = to 'water revealed on Mars'

• dekhn 8y ago
  Scientists have excellent language to describe these sorts of things (ambiguity and confidence in guess). For example, from the actual paper's abstract: """Quantitative analysis of the radar signals shows that this bright feature has high relative dielectric permittivity (>15), matching that of water-bearing materials. We interpret this feature as a stable body of liquid water on Mars.""" It's absolutely true that we can't call this a strong positive siting, it's more of a "good evidence which is not completely unambiguous".
  • mjburgess 8y ago
    > """ Python? Scala?
    • dekhn 8y ago
      I use triple quotes when quoting, because many things I copy-paste have subquotes (either "..." or '...') or contractions (don't).
      • 5thbootloader 8y ago
        If someone quotes your triple quote, would they have to use quadruple quotes?
        • dekhn 8y ago
          We just don't do that.