Thank you I appreciate the in depth response, I hadn’t heard about GLPs and it’s an exciting drug. I think I’m still just not understanding how his mom is the kind of person who understands the nuances of stellar geology and thinks it’s bullshit but also understands the nuances of advancing pharmaceuticals and supports it. So,

Huh? (even louder)

[–] bingrazer 2 points 3 days ago

Not OP, so can’t be certain, but I think what they were saying was a lot simpler. I don’t think their mother would even attempt to understand stellar geology or pharmaceuticals, and instead has a blanket distrust of science except when it suits herself.

Geologic activity on the moon doesn’t seem like a particularly objectionable issue (most people would probably regard it with apathy), but then again there are people who think the Earth is flat and vehemently oppose the science which very clearly shows the opposite. I do understand your confusion as the comment likely isn’t relevant to this paper. OP would probably have made this comment or similar on any number of posts about science news and their comment is probably not influenced by the details of the discovery, simply that a discovery was made.