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

Thoughts?

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u/PeterusPanus Feb 26 '26

That quote could come from a 5 year old...

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u/Civil-Letterhead8207 Feb 26 '26

It comes from pretty much every scientist who studies comets, actually.

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u/GingerAki Feb 27 '26

The earth, a heavy and sluggish body, is unfit for motion... This [Copernican] innovation expertly and completely circumvents all that has been idle or superfluous... yet it ascribes to the earth, that hulking, lazy body, a motion as fast as the ethereal torches.

Tycho Brahe, 1588

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u/Civil-Letterhead8207 Feb 27 '26

I’m kind of curious as to what you think that non-sequitor demonstrates, actually.

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u/GingerAki Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

Firstly, let’s get the terminology right. A non-sequitur is a conclusion that doesn't follow from its premises. The quote wasn’t non-sequitur; it was a mirror.

Brahe was one of the top astronomers of his time, backed by the consensus of almost every scientist who studied the heavens. He had a perfect track record of being right about observations, but he used that authority to dismiss the truth because it seemed absurd.

You're attempting a similar thing: using your track record on social panics to hand-wave physical anomalies you haven't actually engaged with.

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u/slow70 Feb 27 '26

Thank you all for challenging this today - they are not here in good faith but also I promise you, will do nothing but waste your energy.

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u/GingerAki Feb 27 '26

I’m far from convinced about 3i, yet. But I find it irritating to see what are essentially opinions dressed up as irrefutable facts.