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The exact one-tailed -value (testing a directional hypothesis) for the dichotomous association between transients and nuclear testing is = 0.046. *phew* - it's a good job you chose to take a one-tailed p-value, otherwise ... Can someone sic...

So she's hoping no other astronomers are aware of the Galileo Fallacy?

The Vanishing & Appearing Sources during a Century of Observa- tions (VASCO) project (Villarroel et al. 2020) was originally de- signed to search for genuinely vanishing stars—objects that disap- pear without leaving any trace behind. Despite...

Group agreement in the moment proves nothing. If five people are standing together at night, already primed to think something unusual is happening, and one of them says "beam coming down," the others are far more likely to interpret what they're...

I am sorry for that. It is hard when somebody young passes away. You and your family are in my thoughts today. Yeah, for those of us with "more yesterdays than tomorrows," it's a topic that merits a bit of thought. As I have crossed the...

Agreed. MNRAS 2022 is interesting project, and that's why I started my project in the first place. Too bad I had to do this: https://github.com/jannefi/vasco/releases/tag/v.0.9.5-legacy-mnras-repro - I archived the repro work as a "historical"...

UFO skeptics should avoid the temptation to make a game of "take a drink every time somebody says "I know what I saw.""

UFO skeptics should avoid the temptation to make a game of "take a drink every time somebody says "I know what I saw.""

I totally understand. It's on my mind a lot of the time as I get older, too, and my friends die along the way. Such a deal! My Dad's mom who was almost 103, died just last week, and my Dad got back from NY a couple of days ago, having lost his...

No, the search for synchronicity comes when you install miles of red string connecting all those clippings... ;)

I'll take a bit of heat on this one my friend. I did point out that the late '70s were known as the Hollow Forces era for the Air Force. They were losing trained people and the recruits were scoring lower than any previous enlistees. Despite the...

I am sorry for that. It is hard when somebody young passes away. You and your family are in my thoughts today. Yeah, for those of us with "more yesterdays than tomorrows," it's a topic that merits a bit of thought. As I have crossed the...

I mean according to Solano et al. 2022, they did identify interesting phenomena. The last sentence of the abstract is the bit about the lack of vanishing stars I think. In this paper, we report a search for vanishing sources in POSS I red images...

I'm aware. to be fair, you find lots of things repellent. really? i made a conscious decision to believe (in alot of things). and i'm still not convinced of most of them.

I mean according to Solano et al. 2022, they did identify interesting phenomena. The last sentence of the abstract is the bit about the lack of vanishing stars I think. In this paper, we report a search for vanishing sources in POSS I red images...