Very interesting conversation. Seth Shostak sometimes has a picture of himself at an observatory in 1970-ish (being bored during observations and taking artistic selfies to pass the time) in his presentations and on the table in front of him is a thick book. I think that is the book Sagan "Co-wrote". Maybe go ask Seth about it. Merry Midwinterblot! 🙂
The orbs and drones are most definitely not just airplanes. That was very dismissive. You should really do more research about what people are actually seeing
Most people who have been interested in astronomy for 30, 40, 50 years have had a life time of experience of meeting Joe Public who don't have the foggiest idea what "normal" sky looks like. So, to us, the current outbreak of mass hysteria is totally what you'd expect when people who haven't known an astronomy buff start looking into the sky for the first time in their light-pollution-besmirched life. It is mass hysteria - ac classic case. It *will* go into the history books as a highly documented case of mass hysteria, along with worse-documented mass hysteria outbreaks like "witch trials". I just hope that the hysteria dies away before someone actually shoots one of these "alien incursion craft" down, goes into court for several hundred counts of murder, and gets away with it because their hysterical beliefs were honestly held.
Awesome show 😊
Very interesting conversation.
Seth Shostak sometimes has a picture of himself at an observatory in 1970-ish (being bored during observations and taking artistic selfies to pass the time) in his presentations and on the table in front of him is a thick book. I think that is the book Sagan "Co-wrote". Maybe go ask Seth about it.
Merry Midwinterblot! 🙂
The orbs and drones are most definitely not just airplanes. That was very dismissive. You should really do more research about what people are actually seeing
Most people who have been interested in astronomy for 30, 40, 50 years have had a life time of experience of meeting Joe Public who don't have the foggiest idea what "normal" sky looks like. So, to us, the current outbreak of mass hysteria is totally what you'd expect when people who haven't known an astronomy buff start looking into the sky for the first time in their light-pollution-besmirched life.
It is mass hysteria - ac classic case. It *will* go into the history books as a highly documented case of mass hysteria, along with worse-documented mass hysteria outbreaks like "witch trials".
I just hope that the hysteria dies away before someone actually shoots one of these "alien incursion craft" down, goes into court for several hundred counts of murder, and gets away with it because their hysterical beliefs were honestly held.
Not very honest. They missed the elephant in the room.
Gossiping Name dropping…..zero content in first half. These two should go out for coffee and spare us .