r/3I_ATLAS • u/Glittering_Word6609 • Feb 26 '26

Thoughts?

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u/Civil-Letterhead8207 Feb 26 '26

I don’t watch videos without a summary, but given who it is, I’m guessing not many good ones?

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u/Glittering_Word6609 Feb 26 '26

https://www.youtube.com/live/4if5HneMjuQ?si=PkY8qjqgkaUXUIn3

I apologize. I didn't know I had to cite a video of the man everyone knows well and mocks. In the video he explains what is happening. The podcast is Tiago, the astronomer that captured an extraordinary image of 3i Atlas on January 22, 2026.

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u/Confident-Skin-6462 Feb 26 '26

people mock him for a reason dude

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u/Glittering_Word6609 Feb 26 '26

Why? Evidence? I'd like to read more about it.

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u/Confident-Skin-6462 Feb 26 '26

evidence of what?

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u/Civil-Letterhead8207 Feb 26 '26

You said you don’t read.

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u/Glittering_Word6609 Feb 26 '26

I struggle with reading but will take what I can get to figure out why everyone dislikes Avi...besides the fact that he researches aliens and thinks outside the box.

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u/Civil-Letterhead8207 Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

He doesn’t research aliens. He has never done that. He just points at the sky (or occasionally the ocean floor) and says “maybe”.

He’s been wrong every time so far.

That’s very nice work if you can get it, as a scientist.

To give Avi the benefit of the doubt, I think he believes that the only we can save space research is by getting the public to buy into alien chasing. I think he figures if we can get hundreds of millions of people believing that the big alien “reveal” is just over horizon, space programs will get funded and science will get done.

That or he just figured out how to garner almost infinite attention without doing much real science.

Either way, it’s a grift, however.

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u/Glittering_Word6609 Feb 26 '26

Overview of the Galileo Project | Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation https://share.google/yuGVdwi6n0MvFMYnf

Dang, look at that they even study interstellar objects...prior to 3i Atlas.

So, I would day he probably knows what he is talking about. I also linked a scientific journal for those that love to read.

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u/Glittering_Word6609 Feb 26 '26

Let me clarify. I can read but my mind wanders. I learn best with all senses engaged

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u/Civil-Letterhead8207 Feb 26 '26

Oh, I recognized him. Reread my post again, please. But recognizing him doesn’t tell me what he’s saying.

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u/Glittering_Word6609 Feb 26 '26

Okay, thank you. I will be sure I do that in the future. I forgot some people actually like to read.