Wanda Diaz Merced is a blind astronomer who hears the science of the stars

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This reminds me of Jodie Foster’s colleague in Contact. :slight_smile:

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It also reminds me how Dr. Arroway was ridiculed for experimenting with alternative ways to identify a signal despite the noise. Examples like that are why I urge people to watch that film and consider the many setbacks in her professional life, not just the sci-fi.

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It is the Musica Universalis; tuning in to the most way out pop stars.

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Uuugh… I just can’t hack TED talks. She spent about 10 seconds on the super interesting methodological bit, and then the rest was just the usual “inspiring” TED lorem ipsum.

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