I never gave a moment's credence to the idea that it was an alien spaceship but I really enjoyed reading the thoughtful and well reasoned arguments for and against the idea. For me the space of thought that these arguments created was an interesting experience that gave me an interesting perspective.
So saying "hey no, it's not spaceship... it's weirder than that" (and then arguing that point) is fantastic.
This. I don't understand why articles like this are so quick to dismiss the chance that it was an alien probe or ship. I feel like it's just to get clicks and make the hypothesis they present seem more plausible.
I totally agree that there is a good chance that it wasn't alien, and we want to identify what it could be if it wasn't, but why dismiss it? Most scientist already believe we are not alone, even though it is unlikely we are close to any other intelligent life. The chance that it was alien should be explored as well, and I know their are scientist who believe it is alien.
I guess after all these years Carl Sagan's observation still makes a lot of sense to me. Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. So far I've only seen ordinary and interesting evidence.
Huh, literally never thought of it that way. We put a ton of trash into space - someone is probably, at some point in the future, going to say "what the fuck is that" when Voyager goes flashing by!
I never gave a moment's credence to the idea that it was an alien spaceship but I really enjoyed reading the thoughtful and well reasoned arguments for and against the idea. For me the space of thought that these arguments created was an interesting experience that gave me an interesting perspective.
So saying "hey no, it's not spaceship... it's weirder than that" (and then arguing that point) is fantastic.