Yup, totally fair. And I think that’s exactly a part of his self-marketing. At the end of the day in this sort of science we’ll see the proof in the pudding, or not. Though he himself concedes that he’s basically just saying “let’s look with an open mind at this admittedly unlikely possibility”.
Anyway, be fun to see how this plays out. I suspect that as our ability as a species to survival our solar neighbourhood improves, we’ll probably find that there’s lots more flying through than we ever realized.
Totally agree on both points.
Avi Loeb
may be a very very smart man, and far better at pretty much anything/everything requiring complex math than most people...but some of his statements (whether right or wrong) can't be more than anything other than pure speculation.
I was listening to a news report about this the other day, and the "SME" they had on was beyond ridiculous in his suggestions...
I think this will play out similar to how Omuamuah (sp?) did. Interesting, may behave differently than some will predict due to various influencing factors, but will ultimately just be something fascinating to study and have relatively little observation time
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A few years ago I saw an animation of how our solar system ACTUALLY moves compared to what we were taught in school, and it kinda blew my mind.
The way our solar system moves through space, when factoring in that we are located in the outer area of one of our galaxy's spiral arms (and our galaxy is spinning and traveling thru space also) makes for a
much more chaotic existence than I ever realized.
(It's just hard to notice because everything else is also in perpetual motion)
Here's a short that kinda shows what I am trying to explain...
futurism.com
