The Natural History of 'Oumuamua · HackerPapers discussions

The Natural History of 'Oumuamua — mentioned by stametseater

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:38:59 GMT

I haven't read that book yet, but if I understand correctly his reasoning for the "space buoy" hypothesis is that Oumuamua's velocity was quite close to the Local Standard of Rest. Is that accurate? At least, that's the reasoning he claims in his "Six Strange Facts About`Oumuamua" article: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08832 In his book, does he address the counterargument (https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.01910) that such a velocity is entirely in line with expected parameters, being within the predicted distribution of values for intestellar objects detected by asteroid surveys, which was published…

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The Natural History of 'Oumuamua — mentioned by sailingparrot

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:32:30 GMT

Yes I have read them. And don't get me wrong I find some of them interesting. What I consider junk-science and what really irks me is his tendency to just try to suffocate all other possible explanations brushing them off like they have no merit. As I said, I don't think we should not consider the possibility that this may be alien technology, but the carthesian in me just cannot take seriously anyone that is willing to make such strong claims based on such very little evidence. Science is not supposed to be politic, where you just try to yell louder than your "opponents". > They are sound…

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