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Filippenko: JWST reveals galaxies formed earlier than astrophysics models predicted
“Over the whole sky, we can see about a trillion galaxies, a million, million galaxies, and some of them we see forming just a few hundred million years after the explosive birth of the universe, the so-called Big Bang, and one of the interesting aspects of thi…”
Alex Filippenko Sep 30, 2025 ▶ 13:15 Science Corner Special! David Friedberg, Cleo Abram, Alex Filippenko, and Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Filippenko: JWST cost US taxpayers roughly six dollars per year
“Over 10 years, the ten billion dollar cost of the web Was one six dollar hamburger per U.S. Taxpayer per year.”
Alex Filippenko Sep 30, 2025 ▶ 22:28 Science Corner Special! David Friedberg, Cleo Abram, Alex Filippenko, and Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
Assertion Partly supported
Friedberg: James Webb Telescope data confirms universe expands at different rates
“It once again confirms what the original Hubble data showed, which is that the universe is expanding at different rates in different parts of the universe, which totally doesn't make sense, and there's no really clear answer as to the physics of why.”
David Friedberg Mar 22, 2024 ▶ 1:10:41 E171: DOJ sues Apple, AI arms race, Reddit IPO, Realtor settlement & more
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Google Bard made a factual error during launch demo
“And Bard answered that it took the first pictures of a planet outside Earth's solar system, which is false”
Jason Calacanis Feb 11, 2023 ▶ 34:06 E115: The AI Search Wars: Google vs. Microsoft, Nordstream report, State of the Union
Assertion Supported
Filippenko: JWST has six times the light-collecting area of Hubble
“Webb has six times the collecting area of Hubble, so it's a more powerful telescope.”
Alex Filippenko Sep 30, 2025 ▶ 12:02 Science Corner Special! David Friedberg, Cleo Abram, Alex Filippenko, and Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
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