Academia’s Gray Matter
If you want to talk to the men whose business it is to know things about little green men, you go to the scientists. You got Harvard. And they say, “Yeah, sure, aliens are real, and we saw their Mazda.” Which … hold on, what?
The concept of science supporting alien life isn’t that odd. For instance, SETI exists and has found numerous odd radio signals, many of which have been believed to be of full sci-fi film alien origin, including one rather recently emanating from Proxima Centauri. In space terms, it’s close enough that you can see the remote, but not close enough you want to walk over to go pick it up. But there’s a difference between hearing radio signals on the telephone and having a car crash into your living room.
Enter Avi Loeb, a Harvard astrophysicist. Loeb wrote a paper for The Astrophysical Journal Letters about an unidentified object named ‘Oumuamua — found a year prior by a Canadian astronomer using a telescope situation on top of a 10,000-foot volcanic peak because science is truly kickass sometimes. Since ‘Oumuamua, lacks a tail, or means of propulsion (along with other sciencey reasons including lack of solar winds and its “unusual chemical composition”), Loeb claims it’s probably the “alien equivalent of an abandoned car,” or, if not that, then just a full alien probe.
After quoting Sherlock Holmes’ bit about whatever remains, improbable or not, being the truth (because scientists are above all nerds), Loeb argued that it had to be of an artificial and alien origin. After pushback, he went full mad scientist, ripping apart everyone’s argument while comparing himself to Galileo. Which, all right, calm down, no one’s locking you in a tower or making a terrible play about you.
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