The last two paragraphs are so incredibly lame. The goal of a scientist's life isn't to be "respected by the community." Science and reality don't care what the

The last two paragraphs are so incredibly lame. The goal of a scientist's life isn't to be "respected by the community." Science and reality don't care what the community thinks and never have. I have no idea if Loeb is right or not. I think for Bayesian reasons (prior is Borisov) he is probably wrong, but there is so little data and Oumuamua is certainly super weird. But this author is a total hack, making arguments from authority and mainstream-ness. If a scientist stops making relevant arguments and instead starts talking about the "consensus" of the "scientific community", run the opposite direction