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Delta-V is only relevant when there's no lift (all changes of momentum are due to expelled mass). He's assuming that's the regime that's relevant, but not supporting that with evidence. In fact, all his evidence and argumentation add credence to... -
Mauro reacted to HoaxEye's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
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"Paper-parity" run has completed. Report and data: https://github.com/jannefi/poss1-plate-slice/blob/main/results/s0-642-paper-parity-20260828/README.md This release does not replace or change anything I released previously. It's a separate... -
Mauro reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
As "skeptical" in our context would not mean thinking every claim is false, .but instead that we'd like to see the evidence and where it leads...
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Mauro reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
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No, that's not what "critical" necessarily implies in the field of academia. Common words can have subtly different meanings from their normal use. For example, most well known, "theories" quite often aren't just theories, and Hardy wasn't sorry... -
Mauro reacted to Smythe Bacchus's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with
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I realise the prepublication release of the Watters et. al. critique of the 2025 VASCO research papers has already been cited on Metabunk. This article provides an update and brings it all together. A study claimed UFOs orbited Earth in the... -
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Ann K replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.https://bigthink.com/13-8/a-study-claimed-ufos-visited-earth-in-the-1950s-then-scientists-checked-the-math/ This needs to be said often and loudly. Scientists learn very early in their careers to expect that not everyone will agree with their... -
Ann K reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Agree.
As "skeptical" in our context would not mean thinking every claim is false, .but instead that we'd like to see the evidence and where it leads...
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John J. reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Agree.
As "skeptical" in our context would not mean thinking every claim is false, .but instead that we'd like to see the evidence and where it leads... -
John J. reacted to FatPhil's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Agree.
No, that's not what "critical" necessarily implies in the field of academia. Common words can have subtly different meanings from their normal use. For example, most well known, "theories" quite often aren't just theories, and Hardy wasn't sorry...
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John J. reacted to Smythe Bacchus's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
I realise the prepublication release of the Watters et. al. critique of the 2025 VASCO research papers has already been cited on Metabunk. This article provides an update and brings it all together. A study claimed UFOs orbited Earth in the...
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Delta-V is only relevant when there's no lift (all changes of momentum are due to expelled mass). He's assuming that's the regime that's relevant, but not supporting that with evidence. In fact, all his evidence and argumentation add credence to...
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HoaxEye reacted to JMartJr's post in the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey with Like.
As "skeptical" in our context would not mean thinking every claim is false, .but instead that we'd like to see the evidence and where it leads... -
HoaxEye replied to the thread Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.New preprint: Microscopy assessment of two multiple-transient candidates, Jun Yang & Beatriz Villarroel. Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.26371 (submitted 26 Aug 2026). PDF version is attached. Short summary: the paper physically re-examines two...
