tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post4235261627988734286..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Wish upon a starGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-54643859477195924512016-12-05T16:20:11.797-08:002016-12-05T16:20:11.797-08:00A well respected German mathematitian, Eduard Hein...A well respected German mathematitian, Eduard Heindl, has created a mathematical model for the most famous KIC8462852 light curve and has come to the conclusion(to a HIGHER DEGREE OF PROBABILITY than that of Borra and Trottier' probability for their 234 stars)that the d792 light curve is NOT NATURAL, and is a result of an ETI STARLIFTING OPERATION! This begs the question: Why doesn't somebody run a Fourier Transform analysis on the spectrum of Boyajian's Star to see if it ALSO pulses in the way rhat the 234 Borra-Trottier stars do?Harry R Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894894034344611236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-58537915425207005242016-10-24T07:57:47.395-07:002016-10-24T07:57:47.395-07:00I think the assumption that the signal is delibera...I think the assumption that the signal is deliberate is a bit premature. The only thing that argues that it is, is its intensity -- it's been compared to a lighthouse beacon. In the case of Tabby's Star, if it is ETI the signal is probably "accidental" -- created as parts of the Dyson sphere cover the star.Gordon Bonnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-39857819735172892342016-10-24T07:55:11.557-07:002016-10-24T07:55:11.557-07:00I'm fully with you on hoping for at least a pa...I'm fully with you on hoping for at least a passive, confirmed ID of 'someone, anyone?' out there. And before I 'leave the room'. <br />My question, not addressed in the report concerns the '... to makes us aware of their existence. ' assumption. What would be their motivation? Or is that motivation considered to be too 'of course' to mention? These data do suggest, as with Tabby, something currently explainable, and logically consistent with the traces we'd see from intelligent manipulation of a star. <br />But I'm wondering how you feel about the unaddressed assumption above. jsolberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841488269105958013noreply@blogger.com