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> This shouldn't even be posted here. From the HN Guidelines: "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidel
by teh_klev 6y ago
> This shouldn't even be posted here.
From the HN Guidelines:
"anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Also don't judge a book by its title. Until you've read the book then you can't comment on whether there's a bias in play.
- gus_massa 6y agoThe same guy has published the idea of the solar sail in a paper (or preprint?). Solar sails are his research topic. The calculations that a solar sail can survive an interstellar travel are probably ok. The evidence that the solar sail is the most likely explanation is very weak.
- teh_klev 6y agoOh sure, and I agree maybe and many theories are likely wrong, but the point of my response was that the post is perfectly valid here on HN because it introduces discussion points such as yours...i.e. it's gratifying our intellectual curiosity (and arguments for and against) despite Loeb's interests...i.e. (sorry) solar sailed interstellar spacecraft. And this is why we're here.
- gus_massa 6y agoWe probably agree. My guess is that he really knows how much radiation is received by a big block of Hydrogen ice in the middle of space, but I always feel that his opinion about other explanations are biased. I think it's a good submission, but I'd be cautious.