guys, guys, the slowing + rotation at the end just guyspic.twitter.com/rFwWfW2mLd
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tfw you're *so* into science that you don't even need to question the reasonable-sounding assumption you just made up, because at least it's not aliens
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that critical step in science where you immediately dismiss all explanations that include axioms incompatible with the sensibilities of the times
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To be fair, that is a long honored tradition in science.
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this is the use of occam's razor in the context of science; we can entertain the very complex idea but if we do we also need to explain the complexity aliens would be an unprecedentedly complex explanation with many many 'whys'.
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that's all good, it just shouldn't warp your perspective on all other possible explanations of varying weirdness; the space between "aliens" and "probably a weather balloon" is vast
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feeling fairly confident that it's not aliens is just being prudent, not close minded no one has any idea what's being recorded; why should this one particular explanation be privileged over literally any other?
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I didn't say it was aliens, and that's sort of my point the introduction of aliens into the mix immediately fucks up anyone's ability to offer weird ideas to explain **even a profoundly weird observation**, because now everyone needs to distance themselves from "the crazies"
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This is the key weakness of all humans including scientists: social influence. Hard to be objective!
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The moment you dismiss all explanations that include axioms incompatible with the sensibilities of the times you are no longer a scientist.
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