
Episode 854 • • 2:15:47 - 2:18:12
854: Premedicated
Proxima B Discovery and Scientific Rendering Skepticism
ABC News reports on the discovery of Proxima B, an Earth-like planet orbiting the star nearest to the Sun. The hosts express skepticism toward the "artist renderings" used in the report, comparing them to 1990s-era software like KPT Bryce. They argue that presenting speculative visual data as scientific fact is a disservice to the public and serves only to create sensationalist headlines.
