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phinds reacted to Jaime Rudas's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with
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Yes, but it is still worrying that more and more people responsible for this type of decisions think the same nowadays. -
phinds reacted to hutchphd's post in the thread Thank you to mentors, advisors and members with Agree.
I am pleased that the interaction was useful for you. It is the most one can expect! Good luck.
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phinds reacted to difalcojr's post in the thread Thank you to mentors, advisors and members with
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I want to thank those members who interacted with me a couple of years ago in two Optics Forum threads. They were @Drakkith, @hutchphd... -
phinds reacted to Cerenkov's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Like.
Replying to the questions put to you doesn't seem to be your forte, does it Line_112? I put four to you and you respond to just one. A...
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phinds reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Does it make sense to build new radio telescopes? with Agree.
Not if they're built in space. Which is the obvious next step, just as it was with optical telescopes.
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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 Like.
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...
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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
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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...