Katheryn Denning
Kathryn Denning is a Canadian anthropologist and archaeologist, Associate Professor at York University, specializing in SETI, astrobiology, and the ethics of the search for life beyond Earth.
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Sep 30, 2026
Brennan ByrneHOST
For York University anthropologist Catherine Denning, this interstellar visitor shows the gap between science nonsense and public interest.
Katheryn DenningGUEST
It's so important in those cases to acknowledge that the scientific community at large is pretty darn clear on what those objects are or were and what they are not.
Katheryn DenningGUEST
But it's a really interesting example in how the larger scientific consensus does not necessarily carry the day in terms of public opinion.