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re: Harvard's astronomy dept chair is more convinced than ever that Oumuamua is alien craft
Posted on 1/13/19 at 1:07 am to soccerfüt
Posted on 1/13/19 at 1:07 am to soccerfüt
So the other day I was driving my truck and I noticed oak leaves in my truck bed being kicked around by the wind. I was puzzled about how the oak leaves got in the bed of the truck since I park under a carport. Then I realized and thought to myself, "We have a large oak tree in the yard and a strong wind must have blown the leaves into the truck bed". The leaves are currently falling and we had some very windy days recently. Mystery solved. I'm so smart.
I told my dad about the leaves and how I figured they got into the truck bed.
He informed me that he borrowed my truck early that morning to pick up some bags of leaves that he found on side of the road, which he already put in his garden.
The point is we don't know what we don't know and we draw conclusions based on what we do know, but we know very little, particularly about the universe and how it works.
I told my dad about the leaves and how I figured they got into the truck bed.
He informed me that he borrowed my truck early that morning to pick up some bags of leaves that he found on side of the road, which he already put in his garden.
The point is we don't know what we don't know and we draw conclusions based on what we do know, but we know very little, particularly about the universe and how it works.
This post was edited on 1/13/19 at 1:10 am
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Posted on 1/13/19 at 2:52 am to Langland
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The point is we don't know what we don't know and we draw conclusions based on what we do know, but we know very little, particularly about the universe and how it works.
You essentially went through the scientific method.
You made an observation, formulated a hypothesis, and then tested it.
This is exactly what happened in the OP. With one-off observations like this, you can end up with some pretty wild hypotheses, and you cant really test them to confirm or refute. Occam's razor says it probably isn't some intelligent life form, but it is unusual. This guy made a statement that raises eyebrows, and now thousands of researchers will be observing trying to find other objects similar to this one, and our chances of finding another to study more in depth go up.
Then we test the hypothesis. It's science. A constant work in progress.
Posted on 1/13/19 at 8:47 am to Langland
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So the other day I was driving my truck and I noticed oak leaves in my truck bed being kicked around by the wind. I was puzzled about how the oak leaves got in the bed of the truck since I park under a carport. Then I realized and thought to myself, "We have a large oak tree in the yard and a strong wind must have blown the leaves into the truck bed". The leaves are currently falling and we had some very windy days recently. Mystery solved. I'm so smart.
I told my dad about the leaves and how I figured they got into the truck bed.
He informed me that he borrowed my truck early that morning to pick up some bags of leaves that he found on side of the road, which he already put in his garden.
The point is we don't know what we don't know and we draw conclusions based on what we do know, but we know very little, particularly about the universe and how it works.
OT: Cool, baw. That explains it.
PT: But what if your Dad is just telling you that, bc he's not redpilled enough to consider that your truck, and you, spent the weekend in another plane of lateral existence.
Or the Pleiadian council took control of you and your truck to do some yard work for one of their Earth mandataries (obviously the Pleiadians are down with the Napoleonic Code).
Hillary Clinton or the consciousness of John McCain appreciates you.
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