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The Washington Post has a review of the book: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-interstellar-accident--or-a-piece-of-alien-technology/2021/01/28/4acd085
by akuchling 6y ago
The Washington Post has a review of the book: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-interstellar-accident--or-a-piece-of-alien-technology/2021/01/28/4acd0852-5136-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-interstellar-accid...
Two excerpts from the review: "While this exotic explanation of the object serves as the backbone of the book, Loeb’s broader argument grows out of his bewilderment with the blowback to his hypothesis; he regards it as an omen of imaginative decay and anti-alien bias in the scientific community. ... While it’s tantalizing to imagine that ‘Oumuamua was our first brush with aliens, Loeb writes most memorably about collecting shells on the beach with his daughters, brainstorming trippy new studies with his many proteges and seeking comfort in the view of the night sky from our lonely planet."
- shrimpx 6y agoHis scientific perspective very much reminds me of early Einstein’s. Refreshingly idealistic and foolish.