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Avi Loeb is a Harvard astronomer turned pseudoscience-peddling fraud. Since 2017 he's been spewing horseshit about how everything is aliens when it definitely isn't, just to sell a bunch of books to credulous laypeople. Predictably, when the scientific community politely pushes back on his bullshit, he throws a toddler tantrum. I wonder what will happen if someone exposes him in a not so polite manner? Let's find out.

Ethan Siegel's Forbes article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2021/01/28/the-uncensored-guide-to-oumuamua-aliens-and-that-harvard-astronomer/
Desch and Jackson destroy Avi's spherule manuscript: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.07699
Josh Hedgepeth's piece on Avi: https://jjoshhcom.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/extra-ordinary-harvards-avi-loebs-absurd-claims/

My video on 'Oumuamua: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJCO97BpYIE
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