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Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean [pdf]

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Re: Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean [pdf]

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Post by tptacek »

Jerrrry wrote: post #37
tptacek wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which hardest problem would that be? There are a fuckload of astrophysicists.

Whether or not other formations of molecules, Carbon(organic-based), Silicon, or otherwise similar elements of modest combinational reactive potential (Germanium?), outside of our planetary gravity well, have managed to arrange themselves -- despite increasing entropy, yet due to gravity itself -- in a manner of complexity large enough (in magnitudes) that, as an emergent property of its own existence, has given rise…

Are you suggesting that there aren't lots of astrophysicists (and, ffs, astrobiologists) studying this already? SETI is a thing!

Re: Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean [pdf]

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Post by raverbashing »

tptacek wrote: post #23
Mystery-Machine wrote: post #17

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Thanks for pointing that out! What are your thoughts on the latest UFO congressional hearing? Do you think these people just turned their careers and image to shambles because they just wanted some sensationalism or do you give people any benefit of the doubt?

Some things to keep in mind about these UFO hearings: 1. The reports are all second- and third- hand. To my knowledge, no DoD employee has testified to anybody in Congress that they personally witnessed extraterrestrial technology or "biologics". 2. The exception here is a "Jonathan Grey", who hasn't testified before Congress, or, for that matter, been identified; he's one of David Grusch's sources, under a pseudonym…

I think some reports and testimonies are classified and under closed doors, right?

Might be more substantive stuff there, though I'm not sure

Re: Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean [pdf]

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Post by consilient »

ftxbro wrote: post #26

Oh it's Avi Loeb, head of the astronomy department at Harvard. Here's a youtube about what his deal is, by an astronomer who studied astronomy through postdoc level and then left for industry and doing some youtubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY985qzn7oI

> Avi Loeb, head of the astronomy department at Harvard.

He stepped down as chair a few years ago.

Re: Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean [pdf]

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Post by junofan »

spondylosaurus wrote: post #28
sixstringtheory wrote: post #21

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Not the person that you asked but I think they’re full of it. Maybe they like to believe that the American government is powerful enough to control beings in possession of technology capable of interstellar travel. I don’t buy it. Or the cheese is just sliding off their cracker. Happens to many otherwise very bright folks.

I always think about how Ben Carson was one of the most skilled (if not the most skilled) neurosurgeons in the world, so knowledgeable about the human brain and so deft at operating on it that he was able to separate conjoined twins in a then-unprecedented procedure... and is also a creationist who believes that the Egyptian pyramids were biblical grain silos.

Yeah but wasn’t Grusch at the NRO investigating UAP? Seems like whistleblowing on UAP is within his domain expertise.

Re: Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean [pdf]

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Post by spondylosaurus »

istjohn wrote: post #38
spondylosaurus wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always think about how Ben Carson was one of the most skilled (if not the most skilled) neurosurgeons in the world, so knowledgeable about the human brain and so deft at operating on it that he was able to separate conjoined twins in a then-unprecedented procedure... and is also a creationist who believes that the Egyptian pyramids were biblical grain silos.

Linus Pauling is another example. The only person to ever receive two unshared Nobel prizes, considered one of the top 20 scientists of all time, and he was a huge proponent of megavitamin pseudoscience.

Oh man, I forgot about Pauling... another victim of Nobel disease: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease

Re: Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean [pdf]

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tptacek wrote: post #41
Jerrrry wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whether or not other formations of molecules, Carbon(organic-based), Silicon, or otherwise similar elements of modest combinational reactive potential (Germanium?), outside of our planetary gravity well, have managed to arrange themselves -- despite increasing entropy, yet due to gravity itself -- in a manner of complexity large enough (in magnitudes) that, as an emergent property of its own existence, has given rise…

Are you suggesting that there aren't lots of astrophysicists (and, ffs, astrobiologists) studying this already? SETI is a thing!

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Re: Discovery of spherules of likely extrasolar composition in the Pacific Ocean [pdf]

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Mystery-Machine wrote: post #17
botanical wrote: post #16

The first author is Avi Loeb, who thinks this: > In 2018, he suggested that alien space craft may be in the Solar System, using ʻOumuamua as an example. In 2023, he claimed to have recovered material from an interstellar meteor that could be evidence of an alien starship, claims some experts criticized as hasty and sensational. > On August 24, 2023, The New York Times published an article about Loeb and his search fo…

Thanks for pointing that out! What are your thoughts on the latest UFO congressional hearing? Do you think these people just turned their careers and image to shambles because they just wanted some sensationalism or do you give people any benefit of the doubt?

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