I mean, that's what the author is arguing for. That we need more evidence. > Whereas the next time we see an object like this one, we can contemplate taking a

I mean, that's what the author is arguing for. That we need more evidence. > Whereas the next time we see an object like this one, we can contemplate taking a photograph. My motivation, in part, is to motivate the scientific community to collect more data on the next object rather than argue a priori that they know the answer. Basically, what's being said is: "Hey, all these things point to this and are explained by this, we need more data!"