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Of course we need to keep watching. But at the same time why shouldn't we continue trying to understand what oumuamua is based on everything we know?
by postalrat 6y ago
Of course we need to keep watching.
But at the same time why shouldn't we continue trying to understand what oumuamua is based on everything we know?
- duxup 6y agoI don't think your statement and the person you responded to necessarily conflict.
- sandworm101 6y ago>> to understand what oumuamua is based on everything we know? Sure, but one should not make big decisions on so few data points. The data shows it as accelerating. Ok. I'm still not willing to say "alien civilizations exist and are using light sails" based on a handful of observations of a single object. One should hold off such monumental determinations until one has profound data available. So once any discussion moves from "it was accelerating" to "aliens are real", many serious scientists will just walk away. They will come back once there is a more appropriate data set for such discussions.