>>14414557given that this video fails to understand the difference between a free hydride ion and the transfer of a hydride ion within a reaction complex (in which it is literally never free and exists only as part of a larger molecule or transient multi-molecule reaction complex), i'm not sure i can take this video as adding much of anything to the discussion
it's just alternating between making elementary mistakes like the above, quoting the things Robitaille disagrees with as proof he's wrong (doesn't even attempt to get into the discussion, just immediately quotes and dismisses), and insulting Robitaille personally
>>14415031>Why not?it relies on specific conditions of Earth's rotational and orbital position relative to singular points in the sky, in addition to increased sensitivity to transient interference resulting from a long period of sampling
>What systematics?distance estimation, for one thing.
>>14412818it's very difficult, because to acknowledge the inflexibility has been a thoroughly poisoned well. and it's not because of "damage" the "schizo nonsense" coming from actual schizos is doing (seriously, the dismissiveness towards doubt has literally been the driving force behind the doubting of the medical field during the pandemic), it's coming from an institutional inertia and a professional conservatism that is a result of eschewing epistemology and philosophy of science because they are counter to the primary goal of academic institutions in capitalism: the selling of credentials. their entire business model and structure is designed to sell a literal argument from authority, so dissent - regardless of its validity or invalidity - is something they cannot afford to tolerate.
the argument that it would "take too much time" is just fucking laziness - and a severe overestimation of the prevalence of "cranks" as opposed to "pariahs". it's too adversarial, too dismissive, and has its priorities thoroughly broken.
