Ethan Vishniac 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸
@ethan-vishniac.bsky.social
Cantankerous astrophysicist and editor. Grandfather and dog owner. I could probably drink less coffee. I think about magnetized turbulence and what it means for the universe.
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It was baloney.
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It was baloney.
Original reference is 2016. A contrary view can be found in Rose et al. ApJ Letters (2020) 896, 4.
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Original reference is 2016. A contrary view can be found in Rose et al. ApJ Letters (2020) 896, 4.
This is not the opening shot in this argument. The group at Yonsei has been making this claim for a while. Marc Postman’s response reflects the consensus among SNe experts. It will be interesting to see if this moves the dial at all.
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is not the opening shot in this argument. The group at Yonsei has been making this claim for a while. Marc Postman’s response reflects the consensus among SNe experts. It will be interesting to see if this moves the dial at all.
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Ah. Now I get it. I think you reversed the intent of my post. I was comparing the clueless 1/4 with the percentage that vote R.
October 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ah. Now I get it. I think you reversed the intent of my post. I was comparing the clueless 1/4 with the percentage that vote R.
I think my late father-in-law might have voted Republican once. I’m not really sure. Anyhow, my recollection is that estimates of the R share of the Jewish vote is highly uncertain but generally has an upper bound of 30%. This article says about 3/4 think that the R stance is fake. Ergo..
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I think my late father-in-law might have voted Republican once. I’m not really sure. Anyhow, my recollection is that estimates of the R share of the Jewish vote is highly uncertain but generally has an upper bound of 30%. This article says about 3/4 think that the R stance is fake. Ergo..
For comparison, this is slightly less than the percentage that tend to vote Republican.
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
For comparison, this is slightly less than the percentage that tend to vote Republican.
A difficult but absolutely vital decision. Respect.
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A difficult but absolutely vital decision. Respect.
They honestly believe that the way to accelerate science is to create a super intelligent AI, by any means necessary. Human scientists, except for those working on this, are unnecessary.
October 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
They honestly believe that the way to accelerate science is to create a super intelligent AI, by any means necessary. Human scientists, except for those working on this, are unnecessary.