"It's life Jim. but not as we know it."

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

Scotty never actually uttered these words (apparently) but maybe now would be a good time to use it in relation to this paper:

 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377077692_Extraterrestrial_Life_in_Space_Plasmas_in_the_Thermosphere_UAP_Pre-Life_Fourth_State_of_Matter

 

Chis Impey of Arizona State Uni., who I am sure many of us have read books by, is one of the authors, so not a self publishing flying saucer evangelist but a respected Astronomer with an impressive track record.

 

I cannot imagine why it has not had wider attention.

 

[Cornelius Varley]

21 minutes ago, Barry Fitz-Gerald said:

Scotty never actually uttered these words (apparently) but maybe now would be a good time to use it in relation to this paper:

Mr Spock said that, according to the song.

 

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

Well, he would.

[Jules Tohpipi]

4 hours ago, Barry Fitz-Gerald said:

I cannot imagine why it has not had wider attention.

 

Probably because it's spouting STS-75 nonsense again i.e. where de-focussed pin-points of light are claimed to be mile-wide sentient plasma doughnuts. 

Obviously none of these authors have ever owned a telescope.

Edited Sunday at 12:40 by Jules Tohpipi

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

 

I think Chis Impey has a small one he uses occasionally.

[saac]

So the Northern Lights may well be space critters coming to say a friendly hello or evidence of pack hunting behaviour. Well well well..   

Jim 

[robin_astro]

I see the "Journal of Modern Physics" (As opposed to the "International Journal of Modern Physics") is on the list of predatory journals designed to make money from people who are unable to get their work published in reputable peer review journals

https://predatoryjournals.org/journals-list-4

Edited Monday at 14:12 by robin_astro

[saac]

18 hours ago, robin_astro said:

I see the "Journal of Modern Physics" (As opposed to the "International Journal of Modern Physics") is on the list of predatory journals designed to make money from people who are unable to get their work published in reputable peer review journals

https://predatoryjournals.org/journals-list-4

That may well explain why it has not had wider attention then! I must admit I didn't like the language in the headline summary where it intimated predation behaviour, hunting etc.  One thing to report a physical phenomena displays behavioural ecology like patterns (predation, hunting) opposed to displaying the behaviour itself. A little presumptive I though. Opposite electrical charges attracting and interactions  of magnetic fields hardly constitutes a life process.  

Jim 

Edited Tuesday at 09:01 by saac

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

They probably published in this journal because what they are proposing seems to be completely and utterly mad and no main stream one would touch it with a barge pole, and I doubt very much they would get it through the normal peer review process. Maybe that is why it ended up where it did.

The involvement and motivation of Prof. Chis Impey, who appears to have impeccable academic credentials is however intriguing. When you consider his publication list, whether research papers or books, he is clearly no Astronomical lightweight, but a very credible and respected academic.

[Mr Spock]

Fascinating. It's like nothing previously encountered.

[saac]

15 hours ago, Barry Fitz-Gerald said:

They probably published in this journal because what they are proposing seems to be completely and utterly mad and no main stream one would touch it with a barge pole, and I doubt very much they would get it through the normal peer review process. Maybe that is why it ended up where it did.

 

I  think you are spot on there. 

Jim 

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

..................utterly mad but not necessarily utterly wrong.................

[saac]

2 minutes ago, Barry Fitz-Gerald said:

..................utterly mad but not necessarily utterly wrong.................

Nor utterly correct. 

Jim 

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

Yup, can't wait for the next instalment.

[saac]

I could write it now for them now - "subatomic particles are the precursor for life". That seems to be pretty much their thrust. In the meantime I'll wait out for the next edition of The Three Body Problem.  

Jim 

Edited Tuesday at 13:01 by saac

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

Crikey, that was quick - here it is:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383034675_Unidentified_Anomalous_Phenomena_Extraterrestrial_Life_Plasmoids_Shape_Shifters_Replicons_Thunderstorms_Lightning_Hallucinations_Aircraft_Disasters_Ocean_Sightings

 

 

 

[saac]

I'll give it miss, sequels tend to be underwhelming.

Jim  

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

I'll precis it for you - it is madder that the previous one.

[TiffsAndAstro]

15 minutes ago, saac said:

I'll give it miss, sequels tend to be underwhelming.

Jim  

Empire strikes back disagrees

But exceptions prove the rule

Edited Tuesday at 13:20 by TiffsAndAstro

[saac]

1 minute ago, TiffsAndAstro said:

Empire strikes back disagrees

But exceptions prove the rule

Meh, I actually prefer the reboots Rogue One etc. Weren't the original first 3 out of sequence anyway lol. 

Jim 

[Barry Fitz-Gerald]

All this is giving UFO's a bad name.

[saac]

Just now, Barry Fitz-Gerald said:

All this is giving UFO's a bad name.

Lol, I think that's pretty secure already, this won't detract from that  

Jim 

[TiffsAndAstro]

2 minutes ago, saac said:

Meh, I actually prefer the reboots Rogue One etc. Weren't the original first 3 out of sequence anyway lol. 

Jim 

Rogue one was the only decent one of those newer abominations and that was terribly unsatisfying

[Jules Tohpipi]

4 minutes ago, saac said:

Meh, I actually prefer the reboots Rogue One etc. Weren't the original first 3 out of sequence anyway lol. 

Jim 

A friend told me that a reboot called Hand Solo won some awards - albeit in a genre of films that likes to play with the movie titles. Ahem...

[omo]

7 hours ago, Barry Fitz-Gerald said:

Crikey, that was quick - here it is:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383034675_Unidentified_Anomalous_Phenomena_Extraterrestrial_Life_Plasmoids_Shape_Shifters_Replicons_Thunderstorms_Lightning_Hallucinations_Aircraft_Disasters_Ocean_Sightings

 

 

 

I'm sure this was a lifeform in some science fiction, just cant remember if it was Brian Aldiss or Arthur C Clarke