[ceejayoz]

I think we are actually in agreement.

I’m very onboard with “it was an interesting object and we should learn more”.

I object to UFO cranks jumping to “it was a starship” conclusions like Avi Loeb wants to. Just as I would have when those weird first exoplanets showed up.

[zikzak]

Did he conclude it was a starship or argue we shouldn't dismiss out of hand that an object like this has a non-zero chance of being an artifact of another civilization?

[ceejayoz]

I mean, he titled his book about it “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial:_The_First_Si...

[zikzak]

Did he say it was definitely a starship?

[ceejayoz]

Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?

[cubefox]

I object to calling Avi Loeb a "crank" just because he thinks it might be an UFO.

[ceejayoz]

I object to not calling him a crank.

The rest of the scientific community seems to take the same position.