(August 14, 2016 at 3:50 pm)Alex K Wrote:(August 14, 2016 at 1:43 pm)Jehanne Wrote: I was interested in Alex's opinion, in particular.
I would love to be convinced that it's Aliens. Three things seem to contradict that:
1. Even Seth Shostak doubts that it's aliens
2. My personal gut feeling is that the pattern seems a bit too erratic to be an alien mega structure
3. History tells us that whenever we thought we found little green men, it was cool new astrophysics (Pulsars anyone?)
Number #1 doesn't tell us very much. As for Number #2, yes, more data is needed. As for Number #3, you're absolutely correct. If KIC 8462852 turns out to be a dead end (for ET, at least), I won't be making any more of these types of posts. Promise.
