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He does seem like a bit of a "character." But maybe he had a webscraper that just happened to catch the premature post, and is just trying to self-aggrandize on
by HuShifang 6y ago
He does seem like a bit of a "character." But maybe he had a webscraper that just happened to catch the premature post, and is just trying to self-aggrandize on a real scoop? Nasawatch [0] is saying that several sources have confirmed it to them...
[0]: http://nasawatch.com/archives/2020/09/phosphine-detec.html http://nasawatch.com/archives/2020/09/phosphine-detec.html
- UncleOxidant 6y agoAnd he just happened to have a big quora write up ready? And he happened to get the video a day early too?
- HuShifang 6y agoProbably a leak from one of the embargoed reporters is more likely, if it's true. Obviously we'll find out soon. But if the Earthsky.org story a fake, he certainly did a vastly better job producing the fake than he did self aggrandizing off of it.
- anigbrowl 6y agoIt seems to be His Thing and he has been looking at the preprint of the paper since a month ago. There are people outside the normal academic framework who are knowledgeable and even influential within a specialist field.
- ta98648945 6y agoThere was an article on earthsky.org [0], but it was taken down. It's available on archive.is [1] [0] https://earthsky.org/space/life-on-venus-astrobiology-phosphine-biosignature https://earthsky.org/space/life-on-venus-astrobiology-phosph... [1] https://archive.is/L7MT1#selection-1846.0-1846.1 https://archive.is/L7MT1#selection-1846.0-1846.1