Contact - Aeon Magazine

There's something to be said about this summary of the ʻOumuamua visit, making the observations and science behind the object concise and easily understood... even by the former American President. The second half is far juicier, digging into Avi Loeb's dalliances with woo-woo and Benjamin Zuckerman's controversial personal beliefs. If you thought #ufotwitter was a cesspool, take a peek under the rug with Matthew Bothwell to behold the Cloaca Maxima of academia along with their own struggles to legitimize the concepts behind SETI. Toying around with the idea of you-know-who, Fabienne Lang reckons Aliens Won't Be Little Green Beings, They'll Be AI Machines based on Seth Shostak's own ruminations. For a little more hard-nosed skepticism in the wake of the announcement of "mushrooms" on Mars, Gareth Dorrian presents Five Unproven Claims That Alien Life Exists. Just keep in mind they're unproven not debunked. (CS)

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