> It's the physics equivalent of being an anti-vaxxer I think that's really unfair. "Anti-vaxxer" is a glib put-down. I'm actually double-vaccinated, but I t

> It's the physics equivalent of being an anti-vaxxer I think that's really unfair. "Anti-vaxxer" is a glib put-down. I'm actually double-vaccinated, but I think there are rational arguments for avoiding vaccination. I just don't happen to agree with them. The term "anti-vaxxer" is used to refer to anyone that you think doesn't listen to reason. It's used to dismiss ill-educated gun-toting wing-nuts. I had a 20-minute conversation with my physician, before I took the vaccine. He took me seriously. He didn't tell me I was a wing-nut. So maybe I have some nutty notions. But let's be honest: black holes, the Big Bang, and supernova explosions, are all pretty fruity ideas. Let's not get into String Theory. I'm not suggesting these ideas are wrong; just that they seem at first glance to be about as fruity as astrology. When I first heard of supernovas, nobody had ever observed one.