I’ve been watching the trainwreck named Avi Loeb for a while now, and it’s become obvious that he’s shredding his own reputation, that of Harvard astronomy, and of good science in general. He really ought to step down and retire to pursue his weird hobby — maybe he could get a special on Netflix? Anyway, Rebecca Watson summarized his current record for triumphant farts, and that’s a good thing, because I’m too tired of him to do it myself.
Hey, while I was thinking of YouTube, I figured maybe I’d do a livestream on Saturday afternoon. Would anyone be interested?
How could trump pass over this man in filling the NASA administrator position instead of yet another billionaire who knows nothing of space science. Think of the new and exciting directions NASA could have gone!
nasa could redesign their spacesuits as silver lame with fishbowl helmets, send strong-jawed mans with pomaded hair to mack on those alien babes. what could go wrong?
Isn’t that his field of expertise? And she is actually the one who has nobleatitis?
“The smartest people i know agree with me, the dumbest disagree”
ducksmcclucken, your inanity is remarkable, though not as much as its irrelevance.
What was that about her titis? ;)
(Way to attempt to try to dispute her!)
ducksmcclucken @3: The 1% of climate scientists who disagree with anthropogenic climate change can claim expertise (if not honesty). So, if I accept the 99% consensus, am I infected with “nobleatitis”? And yes, I think my titis are nobler than Avi’s.
@4
If it’s such a terrible way to dispute her? Where is the criticism of her way. I just did the same thing, except he’s an expert in the field and she’s a blogger.
@4 you can accept whatever you want, but don’t down play someone’s expertise in the field because you disagree with them and are not in that field of study.
I would venture to say 80% of this blog is pz talking outside his field of study. Keep the same energy across the board
The field of alien technology? Heh.
Conflating his legitimate domain (astrophysics) with his speculative sideline (UFOlogy) isn’t the appeal to authority you think it is.
Percival Lowell’s standing in astronomy didn’t make his “canals of Mars” any more credible than Loeb’s astrophysics credentials make his alien‑tech inferences credible.
Wishful thinking all around. By you, as well.
You would, would you? Under what conditions would you do so? :)
Mate! You are out of your depth.
PZ does not claim expertise about alien tech or propose fringe and silly pseudo-scientific theories.
(A remarkably feeble attempted analogy, that is)
I’m not saying I agree with him, but blogger, in the field evolutionary biology posting a video of a person with a degree in communications about the qualifications of a person with degrees in Cosmology and astrophysics to speak about a phenomena is kinda hypocritical and laughable. You dint have to agree with him, but don’t don’t play his expertise because you disagree with him.
You’re still trying to appeal to his UFOlogical expertise?
Remarkable.
In passing, it’s either ‘a phenomenon’ or simply ‘phenomena’.
(Out of your depth indeed!)
PZ is not publishing papers in sketchy journals outside his field of expertise. Loeb is, unless he has degrees in UFOlogy.