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Science reporter at the New York Times. Pluto, dinosaurs, NASA, viral math & more...

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    1. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 5 Apr 2016
      Replying to @PeterDEdmonds

      @PeterDEdmonds If you make everything bloodlessly precise, you’re not communicating clearly.

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    2. Peter Edmonds‏ @PeterDEdmonds 5 Apr 2016
      Replying to @kchangnyt

      @kchangnyt This isn't being bloodlessly precise. NRAO published a note saying they're not listening to anything: http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/intro/faq.html 

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    3. Peter Edmonds‏ @PeterDEdmonds 5 Apr 2016
      Replying to @PeterDEdmonds

      @kchangnyt In every other part of EM spectrum we say "see" or "detect" or "observe". We can do same with radio & avoid confusion.

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    4. Peter Edmonds‏ @PeterDEdmonds 5 Apr 2016
      Replying to @PeterDEdmonds

      @kchangnyt Astronomy, as you know, is full of cool stuff. I think we can discuss & show this without saying that sound=radio waves or GWs.

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    5. Naïve Bayesian‏ @naivebayesian 6 Apr 2016
      Replying to @PeterDEdmonds

      @PeterDEdmonds @kchangnyt "Hearing" radio waves sounds (ha!) lazy. Observe is a nice catch-all term regardless of EM band or even the field.

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    6. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 6 Apr 2016
      Replying to @naivebayesian

      @naivebayesian @PeterDEdmonds "SETI is listening for alien radio broadcasts" makes sense, doesn't imply sound waves crisscrossing cosmos.

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    7. Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 6 Apr 2016
      Replying to @kchangnyt

      @naivebayesian @PeterDEdmonds "SETI is observing alien radio broadcasts" would say something else entirely.

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    8. Naïve Bayesian‏ @naivebayesian 6 Apr 2016
      Replying to @kchangnyt

      @kchangnyt @PeterDEdmonds 'Listening for' ( = waiting for something to appear/happen) isn't the same as 'observing' something IMHO. 1/3

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    9. Naïve Bayesian‏ @naivebayesian 6 Apr 2016
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      @kchangnyt @PeterDEdmonds Until of course we find ETI. OTOH "SETI is searching for radio signals from aliens." is a good alternative. 2/3

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    10. Naïve Bayesian‏ @naivebayesian 6 Apr 2016
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      @kchangnyt @PeterDEdmonds We may be biased: We *know* that 'listening' doesn't imply sound waves. But what about the average reader? :) 3/3

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      Kenneth Chang‏ @kchangnyt 6 Apr 2016
      Replying to @naivebayesian

      @naivebayesian @PeterDEdmonds If you worry about every possible misinterpretation and use search/detect/observe over & over, zzzz…

      12:15 PM - 6 Apr 2016
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        1. Naïve Bayesian‏ @naivebayesian 6 Apr 2016
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          @kchangnyt @PeterDEdmonds To each his own, I guess.

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        1. Peter Edmonds‏ @PeterDEdmonds 6 Apr 2016
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          @kchangnyt @naivebayesian I think a key thing that radio telescopes do is *discover* exotic objects like distant black holes & pulsars...

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        2. Peter Edmonds‏ @PeterDEdmonds 6 Apr 2016
          Replying to @PeterDEdmonds

          @kchangnyt @naivebayesian ..so there's no need to say detect/observe/etc at the start of an article anyway.

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