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Anonymous Thu Jun 11 21:44:32 2020 No.11787833 [Reply] [Original]

What has he actually tangibly contributed to his field?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 21:48:26 2020 No.11787839 Nothing. Last I checked he hasn't published any papers since the 90's and even back then he was just one name in a big collaboration

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 21:50:36 2020 No.11787849 >>11787833 He got James Cameron to modify Titanic to have correct star patterns in the sky. Also he took most of the blame for Pluto being reclassified even though he really didn't have much to do with it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 21:52:20 2020 No.11787855 >>11787833 Inspired the next gen of astronomers and physicists.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 22:06:25 2020 No.11787913 >>11787833 You can't be contributing to the field and be as ubuquitous in the media as he is. At least he actually stays rigorous enough, memes aside.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 22:08:48 2020 No.11787920 >>11787833 idk he's caused countless people to be slightly more informed on scientific issues than they were before witnessing him

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 22:10:49 2020 No.11787930 >>11787855 I think the anon asked for tangible contributions

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:13:58 2020 No.11788112 File: 8 KB, 332x152, lovecraft was right.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11787913 >At least he actually stays rigorous enough

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:16:06 2020 No.11788117 >>11788112 That was yet another example of how dumb he sounds when talking about anything outside of his narrow field of expertise.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:23:30 2020 No.11788129 >>11787833 giving the field diversity

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:28:43 2020 No.11788141 >>11788112 Google traumatic insemination

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:30:27 2020 No.11788146 File: 446 KB, 300x186, this.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11787855 .

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:40:36 2020 No.11788181 >>11787833 he’s your ad program, realize this is necessary and that no one likes the marketing department anywhere but we all need them.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 11 23:55:07 2020 No.11788221 >>11788112 I want to make a snarky post about this but mostly want to throttle him for writing that.