Corey S PowellMar 22

I keep seeing versions of this post, which imply a bizarre misunderstanding of how we know the world.

Do people imagine that if we'd never observed galaxies or neutrinos or exoplanets or the cosmic microwave background, we could have *imagined* these things & that would be just as real?

Or that we've magically reached the point, just now, where we no longer need to observe the world?

#science #nature #technology

Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 22
@coreyspowell

He's allergic to reality, so his claims make a lot of sense if you assume a predilection for malleable ignorance instead of quantifiable evidence.
Show threadJames
@ewen @coreyspowell or he knows exactly what he's saying and why. By claiming telescopes are becoming irrelevant he wants to prime the broader public to be silent when his satellites pollute the sky for good either by numbers or the Kessler Syndrome. He knows very well that his billionaire voice holds so much power that he can sway the broad public and especially politics to not protest and block his one million satellite plan. When he says we don't need telesopes anymore then it must be true.
Mar 22 at 7:25amWeb
Show threadEwen Bell 📸Mar 22
@DrJLecter @coreyspowell

His lust for power and profit obscures any real awareness of Kessler Syndrome. He doesn't understand boundaries because they infer reality.

He thinks he'll make a motza with his satellites and control global communication.

I don't think this story ends well.
Show threadJamesMar 22
@ewen yeah, it definitely won't end well. I just hope at some point in the future he'll be held accountable for all the damage he has done to our society and the planet. And since that's unlikely I desperately hope that Karma will kick his ass. @coreyspowell