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Astronomers are highly competitive. Read “Einstein’s Shadow”by Seth Fletcher. It’s a current book about the attempt to image a black hole.

• dylan604 5y ago
  I understand the rush to be first. I was going with funny haha not funny strange as the groups from competing theories just can't stand it when the other theory gets some spotlight attention. I can't imagine picking a theory and making your entire life about proving/solving that theory only to find out you were wrong! Not like move a decimal over wrong, but up the wrong tree wrong.
  • wrycoder 5y ago
    Like CAGW, for example.
    • fiter 5y ago
      If you mean "Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming", then that's probably the least bad way to be wrong. Because when you're wrong at least the world will be better off. Like betting against your own team: if they lose you win and if they win you don't mind losing.
      • dylan604 5y ago
        I hear Venus has lovely weather this time of year
        • labster 5y ago
          Nah I checked the forecast and it’s cloudy all week long.