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Harvard Astronomer Argues That Alien Vessel Visited |
2021-02-07 |
[Newsmaxx/AFP] Discovering there's intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history - but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence suggesting it already happened? That's the premise of a new book by a top astronomer, who argues that the simplest and best explanation for the highly unusual characteristics of an interstellar object that sped through our solar system in 2017 is that it was alien technology. Sound kooky? Avi Loeb says the evidence holds otherwise, and is convinced his peers in the scientific community are so consumed by groupthink they're unwilling to wield Occam's razor. Loeb's stellar credentials - he was the longest-serving chair of astronomy at Harvard, has published hundreds of pioneering papers, and has collaborated with greats like the late Stephen Hawking - make him difficult to dismiss outright. "Thinking that we are unique and special and privileged is arrogant," he told AFP in a video call. Yeah, sure, but the flat earth sits at the center of the universe, remember? "The correct approach is to be modest and say: 'We're nothing special, there are lots of other cultures out there, and we just need to find them.'" Loeb, 58, lays out the argument for the alien origins of the object named 'Oumuamua - "scout" in Hawaiian - in "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth." The facts are as follows. So go read the facts. |
Posted by:Bobby |
#11 Actually, the good professor argues (quite well) that it's alien space junk, not a complete ship. Specifically a solar sail left behind from some alien mission. |
Posted by: Secret Master 2021-02-07 19:52 |
#10 "So sorry!" shouts Space Cadet Sato. "We worship your mighty Yamato And thought we would visit. I guess we will miss it, For Otto, our pilot, was blotto." |
Posted by: Injun Platypus7297 2021-02-07 17:24 |
#9 Lord Garth leaves nothing left to say. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-07 16:44 |
#8 Oumuamua is big (probably 200m long), ugly, non symmetric, and non functional. If created by aliens, those aliens aren't the kind we want to meet. |
Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-02-07 15:19 |
#7 Evidenced by |
Posted by: Hoping Formacdes3666 2021-02-07 13:09 |
#6 No Apparent Sign of Intelligence |
Posted by: Hoping Formacdes3666 2021-02-07 12:56 |
#5 ^-- And if they came today? |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-02-07 12:36 |
#4 If aliens visited Earth 10000 or 100000 years ago, they would have found earth with no apparent civilization. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-02-07 12:17 |
#3 Greetings Rantburgers, You are Great with Lots of |
Posted by: Hoping Formacdes3666 2021-02-07 11:51 |
#2 The first proof of intelligent life beyond earth is that they choose stay away.... |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2021-02-07 11:40 |
#1 the First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Me, I'm more concerned with finding Intelligent Life on Earth. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-02-07 11:35 |