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Gary C replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.Citation Farming? -
Jjdog replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.I am feeling kind of vindicated on that point. I'm also interested in the circular reasoning argument. It occurs to me that they don't cite any prior research for their interpretation of the transients as objects in orbit; in fact most of their...
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The paper "Critical Evaluation of Studies Alleging Evidence for Technosignatures..." is noticeably direct in its criticism of Villarroel's transient-related work. It includes a diagram Villarroel et al.'s alleged circular reasoning, which I... -
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The paper "Critical Evaluation of Studies Alleging Evidence for Technosignatures..." is noticeably direct in its criticism of Villarroel's transient-related work. It includes a diagram Villarroel et al.'s alleged circular reasoning, which I... -
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(Continuing discussion from post #228 in the Digitised Sky Survey POSS-1 thread): Trouble in paradise? Four of the five authors of "Critical Evaluation of Studies Alleging Evidence for Technosignatures in the POSS1-E Photographic Plates"...
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The paper "Critical Evaluation of Studies Alleging Evidence for Technosignatures..." is noticeably direct in its criticism of Villarroel's transient-related work. It includes a diagram Villarroel et al.'s alleged circular reasoning, which I... -
Well ..."I didn't see anything" doesn't sell newspapers. -
People who misjudge the size of the object also misjudge the distance. People who misjudge the distance misjudge the speed. Small and slow and near looks the same as big and fast and far away.
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Gary C reacted to deirdre's post in the thread Havana Syndrome: "Sonic Attacks" at the US Embassy in Cuba - Mass Hysteria? with Like.
"The Discombobulator. I'm not allowed to talk about it," Trump said during an exclusive interview in the Oval Office. ... Trump commented on the weapon when asked about reports this month that the Biden administration purchased a pulsed energy...
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The paper "Critical Evaluation of Studies Alleging Evidence for Technosignatures..." is noticeably direct in its criticism of Villarroel's transient-related work. It includes a diagram Villarroel et al.'s alleged circular reasoning, which I... -
I read the Good Trouble Show article. It's an excellent example of how not to use LLM AIs for scientific analysis. There are two fair or "OKish" points made by AIs in this article, but the rest is totally unreliable. To the extent that even the...
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Mauro reacted to Rationalman's post in the thread Havana Syndrome: "Sonic Attacks" at the US Embassy in Cuba - Mass Hysteria? with
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The paper "Critical Evaluation of Studies Alleging Evidence for Technosignatures..." is noticeably direct in its criticism of Villarroel's transient-related work. It includes a diagram Villarroel et al.'s alleged circular reasoning, which I...
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I read the Good Trouble Show article. It's an excellent example of how not to use LLM AIs for scientific analysis. There are two fair or "OKish" points made by AIs in this article, but the rest is totally unreliable. To the extent that even the...
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RRationalman reacted to deirdre's post in the thread Havana Syndrome: "Sonic Attacks" at the US Embassy in Cuba - Mass Hysteria? with Like.
"The Discombobulator. I'm not allowed to talk about it," Trump said during an exclusive interview in the Oval Office. ... Trump commented on the weapon when asked about reports this month that the Biden administration purchased a pulsed energy...
