by Ann » Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:58 am
Pikov Andropov wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:21 am
Interesting concept, dark lighting. I am curious as to why the caption was so pseudo-scientific. It read more like a post from a politically-driven environmentalist blog than an explanation from a professional astronomer. I assume the grammatical errors and awkward writing style (clunky in places) are due to a language barrier. (Is the "text" credit for the author of the explanation, or for the text in the image?) At any rate, so many disjointed, irrelevant, and unsubstantiated claims made in the paragraph seemed more to detract from the message the images were offering rather than supporting or explaining it. The left-most image is itself somewhat dubious it its validity. Most disconcerting of all was the claim that, "You can help protect the wonders of your night sky by favoring, when possible, dark sky friendly lighting." I was not sure whether I was reading from APOD or AMWAY. Can someone please explain how anything humans do could possible harm the wonders of the night sky? Yes, I fully realize that it is harder to see with light reflecting off of surfaces, and it would be sad to lose our ability of observing the night sky, but really? Can we just get back to actual science please?
Well, Pikov, that was an interesting post of yours, the first one ever you have posted here. I am not absolutely sure that it is in your, or our, best interest that you make more posts here.
Lets see, you used a lot of negative expressions and adjectives to explain why you dislike the caption of this APOD so much: it is pseudo-scientific, contains grammatical errors,displays an awkward writing style (clunky in places), is disjointed and irrelevant, puts forth unsubstantiated claims, and is disconcerting.
If nothing else, you have demonstrated the fact that you possess a large English vocabulary. You have not, however, offered many examples of what exactly it was in what words or passages in the caption that roused your ire.
Perhaps it was the expression "dark sky friendly lighting" that provoked you. Therefore I ask you to take a look at the light sources in the picture below and decide for yourself which of them are dark sky friendly and which are not.
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Interesting concept, dark lighting. I am curious as to why the caption was so pseudo-scientific. It read more like a post from a politically-driven environmentalist blog than an explanation from a professional astronomer. I assume the grammatical errors and awkward writing style (clunky in places) are due to a language barrier. (Is the "text" credit for the author of the explanation, or for the text in the image?) At any rate, so many disjointed, irrelevant, and unsubstantiated claims made in the paragraph seemed more to detract from the message the images were offering rather than supporting or explaining it. The left-most image is itself somewhat dubious it its validity. Most disconcerting of all was the claim that, "You can help protect the wonders of your night sky by favoring, when possible, dark sky friendly lighting." I was not sure whether I was reading from APOD or AMWAY. Can someone please explain how anything humans do could possible harm the wonders of the night sky? Yes, I fully realize that it is harder to see with light reflecting off of surfaces, and it would be sad to lose our ability of observing the night sky, but really? Can we just get back to actual science please?
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Well, Pikov, that was an interesting post of yours, the first one ever you have posted here. I am not absolutely sure that it is in your, or our, best interest that you make more posts here.
Lets see, you used a lot of negative expressions and adjectives to explain why you dislike the caption of this APOD so much: it is pseudo-scientific, contains grammatical errors,displays an awkward writing style (clunky in places), is disjointed and irrelevant, puts forth unsubstantiated claims, and is disconcerting.
If nothing else, you have demonstrated the fact that you possess a large English vocabulary. You have not, however, offered many examples of what exactly it was in what words or passages in the caption that roused your ire.
Perhaps it was the expression "dark sky friendly lighting" that provoked you. Therefore I ask you to take a look at the light sources in the picture below and decide for yourself which of them are dark sky friendly and which are not.
[float=left][img2]https://wp-assets.futurism.com/2013/04/535912_443879732365108_1723921062_n.jpg[/img2][/float]