Originally Posted by James Lacey
The New England Medical Journal is one of the most prestigious scientific journals on the planet. It has an impact factor of 75. If you don't know what that means, it's a measure of how much impact a publication has on its field. The publications of Science and Nature have impact factors of 50, and when I was in graduate school, a single article published in Science or Nature would launch your career on a successful trajectory. The point is the impact of the NEMJ is phenomenal, and what they have done and published is unprecedented. The political advice is not irrelevant, since the political outcome on November 3rd directly affects us all given the nature of the pandemic.
It amazes me sometimes that this is first and foremost a website that is about science. You would think this little political forum might trust science over a reality show host/failed real estate salesman. I question if some here are only here for the politics and not astronomy. I guess it's easier to dominate a forum that has at most 10 participants than to go on a real political forum and have to deal with 1000's of real political junkies.
On that note, did anyone see Mars last night? It's been beautiful here and although 2020 has mostly sucked the weather has been gorgeous all summer long and into the fall. Glad I finished the remodel of my backyard as other than work I've stayed home most of the year. I have only gotten out to my dark(er) observing spot only twice since we got back from the WSP in February.
