Click here to Skip to main content
15,868,016 members

Welcome to the Lounge

   

For discussing anything related to a software developer's life but is not for programming questions. Got a programming question?

The Lounge is rated Safe For Work. If you're about to post something inappropriate for a shared office environment, then don't post it. No ads, no abuse, and no programming questions. Trolling, (political, climate, religious or whatever) will result in your account being removed.

 
AnswerRe: Paths to learn Web Application development ? Pin
Clumpco23-Mar-23 23:23
Clumpco23-Mar-23 23:23 
GeneralRe: Paths to learn Web Application development ? Pin
Maximilien25-Mar-23 1:15
Maximilien25-Mar-23 1:15 
AnswerRe: Paths to learn Web Application development ? Pin
Cpichols24-Mar-23 2:15
Cpichols24-Mar-23 2:15 
AnswerRe: The answer. Pin
Jeremy Falcon24-Mar-23 4:50
professionalJeremy Falcon24-Mar-23 4:50 
GeneralRe: The answer. Pin
Maximilien25-Mar-23 1:17
Maximilien25-Mar-23 1:17 
GeneralRe: The answer. Pin
Jeremy Falcon27-Mar-23 5:03
professionalJeremy Falcon27-Mar-23 5:03 
GeneralRe: The answer. Pin
Maximilien27-Mar-23 6:14
Maximilien27-Mar-23 6:14 
RantThis sort of thing frustrates me Pin
honey the codewitch23-Mar-23 5:13
mvahoney the codewitch23-Mar-23 5:13 
Could an alien mothership be hovering around the solar system, sending out tiny probes to explore planets? According to a Harvard scientist and a Pentagon official, it’s possible.

In a draft paper, the pair said it is feasible an extraterrestrial spaceship could be in our galactic neighborhood, exploring the region by the means of "dandelion seeds" — small spacecraft that can gather and send back information, similar to the way humans send out spacecraft to explore planets.

Avi Loeb, an astronomer at Harvard University, and Sean M. Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) — established in July 2022 by the Department of Defense (DoD) to detect and study "objects of interest" — released the draft, Physical Constraints on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, on March 7. It is not an official Pentagon document, but was carried out in partnership with the DoD. It has not been peer-reviewed.


This was posted in a forum I haunt by somebody - it comes from LiveScience.

I responded:

Quote:
> According to a Harvard scientist and a Pentagon official, it’s possible.
> In a draft paper, the pair said it is feasible an extraterrestrial spaceship could be in our galactic neighborhood

On its face, the two statements above aren't really saying anything except "maybe there are aliens". That's the History Channel game.

> It has not been peer-reviewed.

This is very important. It's not science without peer-review. It may as well be astrology.

This is just a fluff piece on some junk science.


I used to blame the journos for their ignorance about science and their rush to get clicks and attention for perpetuating this kind of thing.

But eventually I realized that really, it's our responsibility to be mindful of what we take into our minds in the same way that it applies with our bodies.

The reason this stuff gets spread around - the reason journos keep getting clicks for it in the first place - is a dearth of critical thinking skills.

Is it any surprise then, that conspiracy theories abound on the Internet, and that that bleeds over into our reality? QAnon, et al.

In some western European countries they teach critical thinking in the classroom while kids are still young. It floors me that we don't do that in school where I live. It seems so fundamental to thinking.

Otherwise you just glom onto whatever affirms you or makes you feel good.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.


modified 24-Mar-23 6:49am.

GeneralMessage Closed Pin
23-Mar-23 5:17
professionalSlacker00723-Mar-23 5:17 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
honey the codewitch23-Mar-23 5:20
mvahoney the codewitch23-Mar-23 5:20 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
Richard MacCutchan23-Mar-23 5:37
mveRichard MacCutchan23-Mar-23 5:37 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
honey the codewitch23-Mar-23 5:45
mvahoney the codewitch23-Mar-23 5:45 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
Nelek23-Mar-23 8:58
protectorNelek23-Mar-23 8:58 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
milo-xml24-Mar-23 2:22
professionalmilo-xml24-Mar-23 2:22 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
Nelek24-Mar-23 16:04
protectorNelek24-Mar-23 16:04 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
Jon McKee23-Mar-23 7:55
professionalJon McKee23-Mar-23 7:55 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
rnbergren23-Mar-23 5:45
rnbergren23-Mar-23 5:45 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
honey the codewitch23-Mar-23 6:17
mvahoney the codewitch23-Mar-23 6:17 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
Kent Sharkey23-Mar-23 7:11
staffKent Sharkey23-Mar-23 7:11 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
Nelek23-Mar-23 9:00
protectorNelek23-Mar-23 9:00 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
Slow Eddie24-Mar-23 3:02
professionalSlow Eddie24-Mar-23 3:02 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
PIEBALDconsult23-Mar-23 6:13
mvePIEBALDconsult23-Mar-23 6:13 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
Richard MacCutchan23-Mar-23 6:15
mveRichard MacCutchan23-Mar-23 6:15 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
jschell23-Mar-23 6:47
jschell23-Mar-23 6:47 
GeneralRe: This sort of thing frustrates me Pin
  Forogar  23-Mar-23 8:34
professional  Forogar  23-Mar-23 8:34 

General General    News News    Suggestion Suggestion    Question Question    Bug Bug    Answer Answer    Joke Joke    Praise Praise    Rant Rant    Admin Admin   

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.