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Yep. I've been hearing mentions of this guy's theories from pop science publications for years even though, as the article says, "The idea has found no suppor
by Semiapies 8y ago
Yep. I've been hearing mentions of this guy's theories from pop science publications for years even though, as the article says, "The idea has found no support in the astrophysical community—over the last decade, Chapline’s papers on this topic have garnered only single-digit citations."
The pop science press is depressingly bad.
- philipov 8y ago"Dark Energy Star" is pure marketing speak, and the pop science press loves sexy terms like that, whereas to serious physicists a hyphy phrase like that is going to throw all sorts of red flags, the same way an engineer would be appalled by someone boasting about Chaos Engineering. It's usually referred to as the Cosmological Constant instead.
- walru 8y agoI would much rather live in a world where this person may be heard than likewise. "Don't take refugee in the false security of consensus." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z2uzEM0ugY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z2uzEM0ugY