> because it was extremely unclear how pulsars could work, and the hope was optical observation would constrain that. Was a race to find one
(They credit this to Maurice Merleau-Ponty, who was the foremost phenomenologist of perception. His work is interesting but difficult)
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Backing up slightly, what's with the long hyphenated phrases? E.g. 'the-astronomical-analyzability-of-the-pulsar-again'
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I think “the-astronomical-analyzability-of-the-pulsar” just means that, in virtue of masses of theory and equipment, they were able to >
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More mess :) Also, interesting to see how messy the notebook is—lots of crossed-out stuff, post hoc additions, etc (cc:
@sarahdoingthing )pic.twitter.com/GiPEp2258d
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Point here is NOT that they falsified anything, or that it should be otherwise, but that scientific rationality DEPENDS ON and EMERGES FROM
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