I don't think people understand how demeaning it is to be told constantly that your area of interest is inhuman and dull.
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I kind of hope they don't understand it, because I'd like to think they wouldn't write these pieces if they did.
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Ultimately, I think reactions to these stories are mostly a matter of taste, and insert the appropriate Latin aphorism here,
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A lot of stories praised to the skies for their "human" content leave me cold, but I generally don't say so because it would be tactless.
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But having been provoked, I'd like to suggest turning this negative reaction to astrophysics stories around a little bit.
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If you can't feel awe at the sheer SCALE of these events without adding a "human interest" angle, that suggests some paucity of imagination.
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You've got a story that extends back billions of years, and explains everything around us, and you're only interested in the people?
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That reverse take is every bit as reasonable as "Physics is only interesting if you make it all about people." Namely, not very.
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You don't have to like or write about everything. Note that I haven't been in a huge rush of late to blog about LIGO; it's not my thing.
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But before you go writing about how you're not interested in something, take a minute to think about how it will read to people who are.
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