French Scientist Pranks People By Putting Up A Fake Picture Of A 'Red Star'
Etienne Klein posted a picture of pork sausage and projected it as a photograph of Proxima Centauri, a star believed to be closest to the sun.
A French scientist fooled people on social media by making them think that he had published the latest image from the powerful James Webb space telescope.
World-renowned scientist named Etienne Klein gained everyone's attention when he apparently posted a photo of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our sun. The picture got a lot of attention from space and star enthusiasts.
He shared the photo on Twitter a few days back and wrote, "A new world is revealed day after day."
But when people started getting a little too interested in this picture, the scientist admitted that the image was of a slice of Spanish chorizo sausage. "I come to present my apologies to those whom my hoax, which had nothing original about it, may have shocked. He simply wanted to urge caution with images that seem eloquent on their own," he tweeted.
Je viens pr¨¦senter mes excuses ¨¤ ceux que mon canular, qui n¡¯avait rien d¡¯original, a pu choquer. Il voulait simplement inciter ¨¤ la prudence vis-¨¤-vis des images qui semblent ¨¦loquentes par elles-m¨ºmes.
¡ª Etienne KLEIN (@EtienneKlein) August 3, 2022
La blague d'un scientifique https://t.co/wHiJWxscxq #Astronomie via @LePoint
In another tweet, Klein wrote, "In view of some comments, I feel compelled to clarify that this tweet showing an alleged snapshot of Proxima Centauri was a form of amusement. Let us learn to be wary of arguments from authority as much as of the spontaneous eloquence of certain images."
Au vu de certains commentaires, je me sens oblig¨¦ de pr¨¦ciser que ce tweet montrant un pr¨¦tendu clich¨¦ de Proxima du Centaure relevait d¡¯une forme d¡¯amusement. Apprenons ¨¤ nous m¨¦fier des arguments d¡¯autorit¨¦ autant que de l¡¯¨¦loquence spontan¨¦e de certaines images¡.
¡ª Etienne KLEIN (@EtienneKlein) July 31, 2022
Many people on the internet found this hilarious and had their own take on it. Many sent a lot of hilarious images as well. One user wrote, "I know there¡¯s a lot going on, but have we talked enough about how that scientist faked a photo of ¡°a distant star¡± but it was a slice of chorizo?"
Maybe it pairs well with this (not a real) picture of DNA. https://t.co/7IxiPaXXuf pic.twitter.com/1bA1PoLTMt
¡ª Patrick Deelen (@PatrickDeelen) August 6, 2022
I got inspired by him pic.twitter.com/rfKwUFPQeh
¡ª hi, I am Alex (@theaweeeee) August 9, 2022
Ever since I heard about the French researcher who tried to pass off a slice of chorizo as a distant sun on Twitter, I've had this 90s grunge classic in my head. ?? pic.twitter.com/pdV1ktDocP
¡ª Amie Burke (@amieburkeabomb) August 8, 2022
This is a god tier level troll.
¡ª Tinker ? (@TinkerSec) August 8, 2022
Beautiful. Just utterly beautiful. https://t.co/Da4Qr5sKYL
I know there¡¯s a lot going on, but have we talked enough about how that scientist faked a photo of ¡°a distant star¡± but it was a slice of chorizo?
¡ª Lucy Carson (@LucyACarson) August 10, 2022
bout to eat this slice of chorizo pic.twitter.com/eh8zTCEouk
¡ª ? (@thelettuceman9) August 5, 2022
A lot of people showed their disappointment in Klein's tweet too saying that it wasn't very professional of him to do so. One user said, ¡°This is disgraceful conduct. The public¡¯s trust in scientists is at an all-time low (e.g. antivax and anti-mask groups) and you¡¯re pulling stunts like this that further undermine the works of scientists as a whole.¡±
This is disgraceful conduct. The public's trust in scientists is at an all-time low (e.g. antivax and anti-mask groups) and you're pulling stunts like this that further undermine the works of scientists as a whole
¡ª Andrew Leung, Ph.D (@OhanaUnited) August 6, 2022
However, the renowned scientist tried to win over the internet by sharing a real photo of the Chariot Wheel galaxy taken by James Webb Space Telescope. He wrote along, "Photo (REAL this time¡) of the Chariot Wheel galaxy and its companion galaxies, taken by the JWST. Located 500 million light-years away, it was undoubtedly spiral in its past, but took on this strange appearance following a furious galactic pile-up."
Photo (VRAIE cette fois¡) de la galaxie de la Roue du Chariot et de ses galaxies compagnes, prise par le JWST. Situ¨¦e ¨¤ 500 millions d¡¯ann¨¦es-lumi¨¨re, elle fut sans doute spirale dans son pass¨¦, mais a pris cette ¨¦trange allure ¨¤ la suite d¡¯un furieux carambolage galactique. pic.twitter.com/vmiDjU1Gjt
¡ª Etienne KLEIN (@EtienneKlein) August 3, 2022
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