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The interesting data they provide is how they move and the air currents that cause that motion. Amateur science is still science and woe betide the free people
by shadowgovt 4y ago
The interesting data they provide is how they move and the air currents that cause that motion.
Amateur science is still science and woe betide the free people that moves towards reserving science to professionals disproportionate to risk of harm.
- jakear 4y agoWhats the bar for the amount/type of data an individual needs to collect for the random trash they discard in the sea to be "science"?
- shadowgovt 4y agoPretty low. Successfully crafting it, getting it off the ground, and having it go as far as the ocean without popping is a pretty good accomplishment providing value disproportionate to cost. More environmental damage was likely done fabricating the plastics in the balloon than crashing it into the sea.
- jakear 4y agoI spend most of my days picking up trash from the ocean (<1 mile away from me). Suffice to say, our perceptions of the difficulty and nobility of throwing trash into it are vastly different.
- shadowgovt 4y agoWhat percentage of that trash is scientific experiments?
- jakear 4y agoWell trash just looks like trash when its trash, so it's hard to say for sure. Definitely enough mylar to really get some fantastic data.