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Re: French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo

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Post by ithkuil »

jstanley wrote: post #16
Perceval wrote: post #9

This article presupposes that Proxima Centauri is not, in fact, made of chorizo. Whereas we have long known that the moon is made of cheese. I think Klein is floating a test balloon to gauge the public's willingness to consume the 'celestial charcuterie' theory of the heavens.

> This article presupposes that Proxima Centauri is not, in fact, made of chorizo. I don't think it does. It can both be true that Proxima Centauri is made of Chorizo and that the French Scientist tweeted a picture of some Chorizo that was not Proxima Centauri.

Also, it could be made of chorizo but not sliced and facing normal to our line if sight. And where does the light that shines on Proxima Chorisii come from?

Re: French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo

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Post by dylan604 »

dangerface wrote: post #14

I worked with a guy that said the moon landing was fake. The only evidence he could provide was the number of images of space that claim to be real but end up being doctored or fake, every time I called him out on his bs I was wrong and the image was fake. Thanks Scientists!

Where are you browsing for images of space that everyone you looked up it was fake?

Re: French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo

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Post by carlmr »

bad416f1f5a2 wrote: post #4

> A photo tweeted by a famous French physicist supposedly of Proxima Centauri by the James Webb Space Telescope was actually a slice of chorizo. > … > Klein told French news outlet Le Point that his intention had been to educate people about fake news online While I respect the position that people should always check sources, “person famous in their field posts a lie about something well within their field, then tut…

>believe the expert

According to his tweet it wasn't so much fake news, but appeal to authority he wanted to make people aware of.

https://nitter.rako.space/EtienneKlein/status/15537792036524...

Re: French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo

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Post by wiz21c »

ithkuil wrote: post #21
jstanley wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This article presupposes that Proxima Centauri is not, in fact, made of chorizo. I don't think it does. It can both be true that Proxima Centauri is made of Chorizo and that the French Scientist tweeted a picture of some Chorizo that was not Proxima Centauri.

Also, it could be made of chorizo but not sliced and facing normal to our line if sight. And where does the light that shines on Proxima Chorisii come from?

I think I heard you can have many questions answered if you happen to meet the flying spaghetti monster.

Re: French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo

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Post by peteradio »

ithkuil wrote: post #21
jstanley wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> This article presupposes that Proxima Centauri is not, in fact, made of chorizo. I don't think it does. It can both be true that Proxima Centauri is made of Chorizo and that the French Scientist tweeted a picture of some Chorizo that was not Proxima Centauri.

Also, it could be made of chorizo but not sliced and facing normal to our line if sight. And where does the light that shines on Proxima Chorisii come from?

> And where does the light that shines on Proxima Chorisii come from?

Some suppose it is the faint light emitted by alien bacteria as the rotten portions are consumed and replaced by subnuclear paprika condensates.

Re: French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo

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Post by wiz21c »

Although Klein definitely is a scientist, it's not exactly your random scientist. He's got strong credentials. He's got also a huge talent for explaining some links between physics and philosophy. If you happen to understand french, make sure you watch some of his videos.

Re: French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo

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Post by fsloth »

amelius wrote: post #27

TikTok level humor now entering HN.

I see this as pretty high brow academic trolling in vein of the Sokal hoax [0] - but I suppose it's a sign of the times the "publication" is a single tweet.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair

Re: French scientist's photo of ‘distant star’ was chorizo

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Post by ceejayoz »

anonymousiam wrote: post #15

It's amazing how little coverage this story gets, and no coverage at all from mainstream media. They don't seem to cover any story that would bring their credibility into question. https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/05/french-physicist-forced-to-ap... Even the headline of the article I linked above is misleading: "Scientist tried to pass off piece of chorizo as a distant star" -- Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to Eart…

> It's amazing how little coverage this story gets, and no coverage at all from mainstream media.

I'd like to see less "someone did/said something goofy on Twitter" in mainstream media, not more. This "story" warrants maybe a Reddit or Fark link, not breaking news from CNN.

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