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Sounds like it's working as expected. It would have sucked if it started working and saw nothing new. I really like how the headlines have just become "JWST dis

Sounds like it's working as expected. It would have sucked if it started working and saw nothing new. I really like how the headlines have just become "JWST discovers something new. Again."

stronglikedan 1y ago
It can be expected and still be exciting.
- booleandilemma 1y ago
  I'm guessing dylan604 is a manager of some sort. "I discovered a new element!" "It's expected we'd find a new one eventually. Now get back to work"
  - dylan604 1y ago
    [flagged]
    - olddustytrail 1y ago
      That's a rather petty closing paragraph. Your comment would be better without it. There is actually great value in confirming things we thought were probably right. A person upthread mentioned that the LHC hadn't discovered much new, but the vast majority of its data does provide confirmation of what we thought and when we talk about a "reproducibility crisis" it is actually good to know that these things are correct even if it's not headline news.
      - dylan604 1y ago
        > That's a rather petty closing paragraph. Your comment would be better without it. Sure, call me out, but not the petty comment which I replied? I think the petty meter has become too sensitive
        olddustytrail 1y ago
        I held you to a higher standard based on the meat of your comment. It would have stood without that last. I've written many comments where I added a dig at the end but I now try to remove them because they rarely help.
    - booleandilemma 1y ago
      I'm a millenial, mr manager :) The fact that you didn't deny it means I was spot on, lol.
      - dylan604 1y ago
        I neither confirmed nor denied your baseless accusation
- Cthulhu_ 1y ago
  Yeah, "expected" is the scientific theory, JWST's observations are the evidence, or at least help refine the theory and come up with new ones.
  - HPsquared 1y ago
    And to rule things out.
ducttapecrown 1y ago
Is the LHC humanity's biggest let down? Confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson but birthed 0 black holes!

Sounds like it's working as expected. It would have sucked if it started working and saw nothing new. I really like how the headlines have just become "JWST discovers something new. Again."

stronglikedan 1y ago

It can be expected and still be exciting.

booleandilemma 1y ago
I'm guessing dylan604 is a manager of some sort. "I discovered a new element!" "It's expected we'd find a new one eventually. Now get back to work"
- dylan604 1y ago
  [flagged]
  - olddustytrail 1y ago
    That's a rather petty closing paragraph. Your comment would be better without it. There is actually great value in confirming things we thought were probably right. A person upthread mentioned that the LHC hadn't discovered much new, but the vast majority of its data does provide confirmation of what we thought and when we talk about a "reproducibility crisis" it is actually good to know that these things are correct even if it's not headline news.
    - dylan604 1y ago
      > That's a rather petty closing paragraph. Your comment would be better without it. Sure, call me out, but not the petty comment which I replied? I think the petty meter has become too sensitive
      - olddustytrail 1y ago
        I held you to a higher standard based on the meat of your comment. It would have stood without that last. I've written many comments where I added a dig at the end but I now try to remove them because they rarely help.
  - booleandilemma 1y ago
    I'm a millenial, mr manager :) The fact that you didn't deny it means I was spot on, lol.
    - dylan604 1y ago
      I neither confirmed nor denied your baseless accusation
Cthulhu_ 1y ago
Yeah, "expected" is the scientific theory, JWST's observations are the evidence, or at least help refine the theory and come up with new ones.
- HPsquared 1y ago
  And to rule things out.

ducttapecrown 1y ago

Is the LHC humanity's biggest let down? Confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson but birthed 0 black holes!