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Oh it's Avi Loeb, head of the astronomy department at Harvard. Here's a youtube about what his deal is, by an astronomer who studied astronomy through postdoc l
by ftxbro 3y ago
Oh it's Avi Loeb, head of the astronomy department at Harvard. Here's a youtube about what his deal is, by an astronomer who studied astronomy through postdoc level and then left for industry and doing some youtubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY985qzn7oI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY985qzn7oI
- consilient 3y ago> Avi Loeb, head of the astronomy department at Harvard. He stepped down as chair a few years ago.
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoYea let’s delegate all responsibility to an expert who can think for us instead of forming our own opinion from observation.
- maxbond 3y agoIt's a detailed video essay that presents a cohesive argument, drawing on a wide variety of sources including Loeb's autobiography. Form your opinion however you please, but this is an excellent source. It's unfair to tarnish it as merely dogma, or to insult the other commenter as merely a mouthpiece for the scientific establishment for linking to a strong source. Furthermore, there is such a thing as expertise. Information exists within a context, and it is necessary to understand that context to avoid misinterpreting it. Understanding that context is the nature of expertise. That doesn't mean you accept what they say uncritically, but seeing what experts have to say is in fact an important step when researching an unfamiliar topic.
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoThere is only such a thing as expertise if it is demonstrable. Having an opinion about a colleague is not information worth considering.
- maxbond 3y agoIt's not an opinion about a colleague, it's an opinion about their body of work. And again, it isn't a shallow hot take, its a well researched piece. It doesn't get much more "demonstrable" than a video essay full of specifics drawn from a wide variety of sources. Candidly, may I ask if you had seen the video at the time you made your comment implying we were all accepting it uncritically rather than forming our own opinion? Because I can't help but notice you haven't criticized anything specific about the video.
- ftxbro 3y agoyou're right i'm going to go into the pacific ocean and look at those spherules myself and then go visit another star and see for myself that it's like the ones from outside our solar system
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoNow obviously you need not go there physically, only track the evidence and come to your own conclusion.
- webnrrd2k 3y agoIt sounds like you don't want them to... Going by your overly cynical tone, it sounds like you're claiming to be the expert who can, and should, think for us. No, thank you. People can read the original post and watch the video and form their own opinion.
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoDamn the people who form their own opinion and don't have opinions on things they can't know about!
- adamsmith143 3y agoAre you also a professional Astronomer that can accurately vet his claims and research?
- pyinstallwoes 3y agoOne does not require the other