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I don't like to discourage questions like that, because they kill curiosity. We know what the likely answer is, but reasonable assumptions are just that. Assumptions. Why not let mind wander about the exciting ( if somewhat hard to consider as possible ) lines of thinking.

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He moved from merely asking questions to promoting an unsupported claim without any real evidence (repeatedly). he's not curious.

Planetary scientist academics are angry because he's getting all of the attention and it isn't even in the field he's most known for previously. Even smart humans are still humans.

There's a difference in asking questions and pushing as fact with no evidence. It swings both ways

Plus he is an authority figure with a captive audience. He has a much higher responsibility than the average person speculating.

Yeah it doesn't instill a lot of confidence in the quality of ivy league credentials when guys like this are running around spouting nonsense. I'm surprised there's not a clause in his employee handbook that says to not be an obvious troll. Kooky science is one thing but this is just the type of person the men with butterfly nets and white coats should be interested

Huh? What is Loeb's 'captive audience'?

UFO nuts desperate for anyone with a shred of academic credibility.

What is Loeb pushing as fact with no evidence? Can you provide a representative quote?

You can easily answer this with a Google search.

No, I can't, because all I've seen from Loeb is pretty clear about what is fact, and what is speculation.

I don't know, and there's no way to find via "Google search", what HN user ~dylan604 is specifically alleging has been improperly "pushed as fact".

If it's clear to you, can you share a representative quote from Loeb? He's got a lot of writing to choose from!

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