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Harvard astronomer's "alien spherules" are industrial pollutants (bigthink.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Pons_Aelius@kbin.social to c/science@beehaw.org
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Finding alien technology on the seafloor would be truly incredible. This extraordinary claim, however, is debunked by the actual evidence.

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel it is important to publicise refutations of extraordinary claims widely.

The media generally loves to publish the extraordinary claims. especially ALIENS!! but is silent when the results comeback as "Sorry, they were wrong."

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bold of you to assume the same person works at the same outlet long enough to run both stories.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

No, I just assume that most outlets have a No Retractions policy.