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Strictly speaking our observations are not continuous. We pointed a large array at it and then the array probably went on to other work and looked elsewhere - s
by erulabs 6y ago
Strictly speaking our observations are not continuous. We pointed a large array at it and then the array probably went on to other work and looked elsewhere - so technically “was” is more correct, since we do not know what it “is” doing, rather only what it appeared to be doing.
Either way it’s a pretty uninteresting difference in tense.
- natch 6y agoI find it a very interesting difference, because it and other fuzzy writing like it has a devastating impact on science literacy, leading to lack of comprehension of concepts. Weak thinking on science in turn contributes to many of the problems we face as societies today.