Earlier, Matthew Bailes and collaborators discovered a planet mass, carbon rich crystalline object orbiting a pulsar.
It was a very nice discovery, published in Science, and received a lot of attention, mostly all positive.
Matthew has now written a very interesting OpEd at The Conversation:
Diamond planets, climate change and the scientific method
It is a very perceptive piece and make some very important points.
Please read it and join The Conversation.
"The scientific method is universal. If we selectively ignore it in certain disciplines, we do so at our peril."
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