Theoretical astrophysicist and Harvard professor Avi Loeb has a message for scientists who are skeptical of the existence of extraterrestrial life: Seek out ...
Avi is saying NDT should go get the evidence. That’s not the job of peer review. I’m not championing Tyson nor am I demonizing him for being sceptical.
My apologies; he did mention that. He later said, “You just sit back and relax. Let the science be done the way it should be done.” This is fresher in my mind. I interpreted that to mean, stop being so dismissive and simply wait for us to produce our peer-reviewed papers.
The burden is on you to provide proof that can hold up through scientific rigor. Asking scientists to prove something does not exist is religion.
I agree with that statement. However, I don’t think that was the point Avi was making.
Avi is saying NDT should go get the evidence. That’s not the job of peer review. I’m not championing Tyson nor am I demonizing him for being sceptical.
My apologies; he did mention that. He later said, “You just sit back and relax. Let the science be done the way it should be done.” This is fresher in my mind. I interpreted that to mean, stop being so dismissive and simply wait for us to produce our peer-reviewed papers.