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phinds reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with
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Not if they're built in space. Which is the obvious next step, just as it was with optical telescopes. -
phinds reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Agree.
It was gradual and not very clear-cut and took many decades to get to the position we're in now. It didn't happen overnight and it...
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phinds reacted to fresh_42's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with
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I got the impression that you think radio astronomy is meant to listen to alien radio shows. This is not even close to what it is meant... -
phinds reacted to Cerenkov's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
Ok, this isn't about radio telescopes per se, but it's about the 'why bother about space if it doesn't affect us' attitude. In 2013 the...
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phinds reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
That's true. This at least makes it a bit clearer what you're concerned about. But first, this is just one particular area of science...
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phinds reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Agree.
That's not science. That's technology. As far as I can tell, it doesn't even depend on any discoveries at or near the frontier of...
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phinds reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Agree.
Oh, so you think it's only worth studying objects if they were created by alien civilizations? That doesn't make sense to me...
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phinds reacted to Cerenkov's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
Provided that we keep on building bigger and better radio telescopes, it's a win - win scenario, Line_112. If they detect no other...
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phinds reacted to Line_112's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with
Wow.
I haven't written about science in general, but there are areas that are either unproductive or have negative side effects. For example... -
phinds reacted to Borek's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Agree.
Assuming someone decided "we don't need any confirmation of GR, why should we research such a natural, completely useless phenomena"...
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phinds reacted to Cerenkov's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
One might well ask, does it make any sense to build new optical telescopes like the EELT? Or new space-based telescopes like the JWST...
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phinds reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
So you think advancing science is stupid? Neither does understanding "the structure of the Universe", or indeed much scientific...
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phinds reacted to fresh_42's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
The German Wikipedia page lists five big scientific goals. I wouldn't call that negligible. We are a species that is curious and strives...
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phinds reacted to Frabjous's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
What should be funded and at what levels is a very complicated question. Almost no basic science would be performed using the metric of...
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phinds reacted to Baluncore's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
I think it is lucky for RA that it is not your call. Radio astronomers will apply for grants, and some will receive resources to fund...