Étienne Klein, a celebrated physicist and director at France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission shared an amazing image.

Picture of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, located 4.2 light years away from us. It was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This level of detail... A new world is unveiled everyday," he told his more than 91,000 followers on Sunday.



There is only one small issue - it isn't Proxima Centauri and it wasn't taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. It is a photo of a slice of Chorizo, taken during cocktail hour.

[edition.cnn.com]

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"Those who cannot accept the past are condemned to revise it." -- Geo. Mathias

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Hee hee, this is fantastic!

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Lew Zealand
Hee hee, this is fantastic!

Yeahhhh... not so much.

I realize that scientists have a sense of humor too... as they should. There absolutely is nothing wrong with making this type of joke privately amongst one's peers.

However, there must be a base understanding that anything a scientist posts to the Internet will be presumed to be factual, especially if the topic of the post is science-based.

This stunt undermines people's already eroded faith in scientists and serves as excellent ammo for the anti-intellectuals of the world. This scientist -- ANY scientist -- is responsible for recognizing that truth and acting accordingly.

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N-OS X-tasy!
This stunt undermines people's already eroded faith in scientists and serves as excellent ammo for the anti-intellectuals of the world.

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N-OS X-tasy!

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Lew Zealand
Hee hee, this is fantastic!

Yeahhhh... not so much.

I realize that scientists have a sense of humor too... as they should. There absolutely is nothing wrong with making this type of joke privately amongst one's peers.

However, there must be a base understanding that anything a scientist posts to the Internet will be presumed to be factual, especially if the topic of the post is science-based.

This stunt undermines people's already eroded faith in scientists and serves as excellent ammo for the anti-intellectuals of the world. This scientist -- ANY scientist -- is responsible for recognizing that truth and acting accordingly.

While I agree that this won't help the anti-intellectuals have any faith in science, they didn't need help with that in the first place. This or anything else positive or negative, will not change their minds about science as they have started from an opinion, and just look for things to support it while ignoring things that refute it.

And if people can't take a joke like this once in a while then I fail to see how any of those people could have a decent conversation about a delicate or nuanced topic without becoming easily offended.

I doubt it erodes any faith in anything. It's just funny. Heresy and blasphemy are ideas better left to religion, or maybe not even that.

And if people can't take a joke like this once in a while then I fail to see how any of those people could have a decent conversation about a delicate or nuanced topic without becoming easily offended.


While I agree with that to some degree, I'm not a fan of practical jokes, by the very nature of what makes them amusing to some.

It's not like scientists are widely known for their wacky sense of humor.

'Hey did you here the one about a neutrino, a valence electron, and a quark walk into a bar...'

And at some conference maybe some arcane joke would kill.

But posting this outside of some inside-baseball site, probably insults a lot of people, who have every right to feel so.

A very tiny fine print explanation attached could have mitigated most every issue.

Of course, that would have killed the 'joke'.

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Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

Mars attacks Earth.

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

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RAMd®d
'Hey did you here the one about a neutrino, a valence electron, and a quark walk into a bar...'

The neutrino and electron each ask for a beer. The quark asks for a Mojito with a shot of pickle juice.

The electron sees the bartender's eyebrows go up as the quark places the order.

"Yeah," says the electron, "he's a strange one."

The neutrino is clearly upset at this. "Hey" he snaps, "respect your boundaries!"

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That cracked me up!


It reminds me of a local TV show, Captain Fortune, on KPIX ch.5.

It was a kid's TV show, one of many, a little young for me.

But the Capt. had a bit as a cartoonist, where a wee tyke would go up to an easel and draw a scribble on a large flip-tablet.

Then the tyke would tell what it was, and Cap had to turn the scribble into the named object.

And he did, really well.

Fascinating.

Of all the 'kid' shows on TV, that one remains one of the most creative and kid-positive that I can recall.

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.