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That's a pretty wild, and public, hypothetical for someone with his standing at Harvard.
by gaoshan 11mo ago
That's a pretty wild, and public, hypothetical for someone with his standing at Harvard.
- ceejayoz 11mo agoThat's his grift these days. He'll have the same to say about the next one.
- conradev 11mo agoWhen we observe a fourth interstellar object, I'll gladly read Avi Loeb's wildest speculations alongside more measured perspectives. This is the third time we're observing an interstellar object?
- ceejayoz 11mo agoYes, this is the third to be spotted. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1I/%CA%BBOumuamua https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1I/%CA%BBOumuamua 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2I/Borisov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2I/Borisov 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3I/ATLAS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3I/ATLAS 2/3 of them Loeb has made wild claims about.
- gojomo 11mo agoWhy would someone "with his standing at Harvard" be expected to avoid "wild, and public, hypothetical[s]"? Does everyone at any prestigious institution have some duty to remain conventionally mundane in all their musings? Is there any reason to think such hypotheticals are, on net, more harmful than helpful? Isn't tenure (like Loeb's) designed to encourage a fearlessness around topics & speech?