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This article shows the biases of the author. The actual report makes no judgment that amounts to "shrugging", it concludes that the vast majority of observed ph
by tazjin 5y ago
This article shows the biases of the author. The actual report makes no judgment that amounts to "shrugging", it concludes that the vast majority of observed phenomena have no explanation and asks for more funding for figuring them out.
- jjulius 5y agoIs it possible that you're being a little too judgemental about the author's biases? A shrug can often be used as a physical way of saying, "Huh, yeah, I have no idea," which as you say is basically what the report says.
- brayhite 5y agoDefinitely seems like a difference in interpreting “shrugging” here; basically “not sure” vs “not a big deal”.
- crazygringo 5y agoI can't figure out where you're getting that. A shrug literally means "I don't know". If the evidence is "largely inconclusive" that literally means "we don't know". Where on earth are you finding bias in that?
- IncRnd 5y agoA shrug can mean "I don't know", but it's primary meaning is indifference. Just prior to "The report amounts to a giant shrug" the article said, "Few in the Pentagon seem worried about extraterrestrial invaders." It is just as likely, if not more so, that the writer meant indifference and not "we don't know". We'll never know, however, since the word isn't clear from the context.
- newsbinator 5y agoWhat are some uses of funding that would help figuring out the previously observed phenomena? I'm thinking most analysis you might do has already been done, and probably wouldn't be too costly anyway? Basically showing it to experts and asking what they think?
- gregw2 5y agoFunding is being requested both for collecting new observations more systematically (not just prior ones, reasonable since the phenomena appears ongoing), and then for tooling to analyze it.
- pkaye 5y agoOne of the things they are considering is upgrading radar and other sensor processing to better track/identify this phenomena.
- MattGaiser 5y agoShrugging can mean not knowing the answer to something. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrug https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrug