I am sorry they are being so hostile. I’m not sure I can do anything about it, but I recommend you mute or block them if they are bothering you.

Thanks for the compliment, friend!

Thanks friend! But I can’t see your link.

…and his paranoid fearmongering about the risks of alien invasion? These are pseudoscience-conspiracy theories dressed in the language of science. (4/7)

It is conceivable that an object seen entering our solar system could be an alien artifact. But Dr. Loeb’s overt eagerness to interpret all ambiguous or slightly unusual data as promising signs of alien invasion… (3/7)

Lots of hits on Google attributing this to David Levy :"Comets are like cats; they have tails, and they do precisely what they want."

Actually, please don't talk to me! Talk to the amazing planetary scientists studying this fascinating object. It's teaching us a lot about how planets form in other star systems and their work deserves to be the story.

Here's a great example of that:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

It is a comet and it is not on a trajectory that takes it anywhere near earth.

I don’t know about that dissertation specifically, but a friend of mine wrote something about disability in paper comic books generally that might be relevant:

www.psupress.org/books/titles...

I wish I had been able to take more classes outside of STEM, but I was already overloaded on credits as an astronomy and physics major with a math minor.

But I agree with Sean that knowing lit, art, philosophy, ethics, history, and other non-STEM makes us better at science and better people.

My archaeology class taught me about how different domains of science can have different standards of evidence, and how that's OK and actually good and necessary.

It also taught me how unimaginably deep and varied our collective history and culture is.

My history class on the Age of Discovery taught me the clear-eyed truth about European myths of world cultures. It wasn't at all "woke," it was just true.

My classics class taught me the deep roots of so much culture I appreciate.

My composition class taught me writing *and* Ralph Ellison.

I appreciate your helping me put all this together! It’s sad any of us have to deal with this.

I'm sorry he's been making you anxious. I'll try to continue to point out when he's making factual errors but rest assured the thing is firmly behaving like a comet so there's nothing to worry about.

No, he left the door open for smaller NGAs or the possibility that it would not change course at all.

Yes, I think this is exactly what I was after! Thank you.