Astronomy - USA (2020-08)

8 ASTRONOMY • AUGUST 2020

ASTRO LETTERS

Smelling the coffee

Thank you, Dave, for pointing out the dilemma that

science faces today. Not only has the world gone back-

wards in its thinking, but in its reasoning as well. We

do need more rational, scientific thinkers and I do hope

the world is not doomed to continue moving back-

wards, but instead moves forward. This is not so much

for my sake, but for our future generations. Our leaders

need to wake up and smell the coffee. — Pete Neiland,

Calgary, Alberta

An attack on science

Thanks to David Eicher for the April editorial about

the attack on science, reason, and truth in recent years.

The editorial struck a chord with me. Eicher rightly

and frighteningly compared that trend to a dark period

in the Middle Ages — sometimes called the Dark Ages.

How people today, with the gift of thinking and rea-

soning, can promote pseudoscience and take opinion

for truth astonishes me. I certainly hope we don’t lose

the guidance from the inspiring wonders of knowledge

that humanity has gained since the Renaissance.

— Robert Walty, Stephens City, VA

Hubble forever

I was very disappointed in the Hubble article in your

March 2020 issue. It was much too short! I could have

easily read an entire issue devoted to this marvelous

observatory. — Frank Hanou, Golden, CO

Searching the cosmos

I am a 15-year subscriber to your magazine, and obvi-

ously I find it interesting. I especially enjoyed reading

your interview with Ann Druyan in the April edition.

I will certainly not miss the new Cosmos series.

— Margareta Thompson, Durham, NC

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of NGC 1156.

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