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Baffled Scientists Detect Massive Unexplained Radiation From the Sun, Study Reports (www.vice.com)

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Baffled Scientists Detect Massive Unexplained Radiation From the Sun, Study Reports::"The Sun’s emission at high energies challenges present models," scientists say, and "decisive" new probes are needed to solve the mystery.

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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always laugh when media says scientists are baffled and have a mystery on their hands.

More often than not they pretty much know exactly what is up. But Pete says one thing, Harry says another thing, Jenna has been working on it for the past 20 years and don't forget old man Harris who did great work in the 70s. Most of the time they disagree on small details which don't even matter unless you are really into the subject. Or they have 2 theories and know for sure one of them is right, but they don't know which one. They need funding and staff for a 12 month study to figure out which one it is, but getting that funding has been an issue for the past 10 years.

Then they talk to a reporter and say well we don't really know, because they don't want to be presumptuous. So the headline says its a MYSTERY and scientists are BAFFLED.

In my experience scientist don't get baffled, they get excited and talk your ear off for hours if you let them. If you think they will stop if you stop buying them drinks, it doesn't work, they just keep going.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

But I enjoy picturing a guy in a lab coat surrounded by bubbling beakers and tubes - with his head in his hands - questioning his life's work, and screaming "What the fuck sun!? God damn it!"

[–] Corkyskog 3 points 1 year ago

Tell them the next round is on them, that tends to change the conversation quickly...