Top scientist admits ‘space telescope image’ was actually a slice of chorizo

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/05/europe/scientist-space-image-chorizo-intl-scli-scn/index.html

chorizo

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:joy::joy::joy:

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But was it Mexican or Portuguese?
Talk about cross cultural.

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If it were Portuguese it would be chouriço :wink:

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Umm. Spanish!

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/14/james-webb-space-telescope-images-ranked-yummy/

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This is pretty bad.

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LOL! That is great. Celestial chorizo.

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Father Guido Sarducci. Wow, all but forgot about him. Thanks for the flashback.

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He probably shouldn’t have put that of there for the whole Twitterverse, and not come clean so much later, but I have to admit this is pretty hilarious. It’s totally something I would do to family and friends. :joy:

While his point and lesson are valid, poking fun at folks who actually value and want to embrace science may just fuel more of the anti-science idiots who will take any real science report as a potential joke.