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astro/particle physicist. all opinions expressed are those of my employer and also they constitute legal advice

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Scientific realism
Scientific realism11/7/2026
Gaia Sausage
Gaia Sausage

😋😋😋

11/7/2026
Large Magellanic Cloud
Large Magellanic Cloud

we are really lucky that she exists. incredible.

11/7/2026
Software bug
Software bug11/7/2026
Pale Blue Dot
Pale Blue Dot11/7/2026
Noether's theorem
Noether's theorem

so so so beautiful

11/7/2026
Modified Newtonian dynamics
Modified Newtonian dynamics

i respect the hustle but this aint it dawg. weirdly overhyped by people who don't really know what they're talking about but who really romanticize the idea of an “underdog theory” that Mainstream Science rejects

11/7/2026
Instrumentalism
Instrumentalism

awakening from my reductionalist slumber has led me to distrust anyone who clings too hard to scientific realism. none of the constructs defined in scientific theory are real, phenomena are real: the theories are just (hopefully) good at describing them

11/7/2026
Boötes III
Boötes III

save him!!!! poor guy is small and getting disrupted

11/7/2026
Fornax Dwarf
Fornax Dwarf

too puffy for her own good but we love her anyway

11/7/2026
Draco Dwarf
Draco Dwarf

love this little guy

11/7/2026