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Re:When Hubble stared at nothing for 100 hours (2015) by JamesLeonis on Friday July 24, 2020 @02:37PM (#23943023)
While I agree with you about PR and reputation (sadly), it would be valuable for scientists as a Null value. I would put it on the same level as the Aether experiments.
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Re:When Hubble stared at nothing for 100 hours (2015) by stingraycharles on Friday July 24, 2020 @02:56PM (#23943209)
Yes the point I tried to make was explicitly about the political aspects. I agree that from a scientific point of view, the null value is almost as valuable as what we got now.
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