A scientist who joked that a cross-sectional picture of a sausage is 'a picture taken by the James Webb Space Telescope' apologizes

Physicist Etienne Klein, director of France's Alternative Energy and Atomic Energy Commission, shared an image of a distant star taken with the James Webb Space Telescope on Twitter that is actually a Spanish sausage. When I joked that it was a cross section of chorizo , some people criticized me and apologized.

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Klein said on August 1, 2022, 'This is a picture of Prosima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun, 4.2 light-years from us. Taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Level of detail....new worlds are revealed every day,' he tweeted, uploading the image below.

Photo de Proxima du Centaure, l'étoile la plus proche du Soleil, située à 4,2 année-lumière de nous.
Elle a été prize par le JWST.
Ce niveau de détails… Un nouveau monde se dévoile jour après jour.pic.twitter.com/88UBbHDQ7Z

—Etienne KLEIN (@EtienneKlein) July 31, 2022

After that, Mr. Klein said, `` Cognitive biases are very active when it comes to aperitif. and revealed that the image was actually chorizo on a black paper background and was just a joke.

In fact, it is a joke that has been around for a long time to make these close-up photos look like astronomical photos, and although Mr. Klein did not have a source, he said that he used the photos taken in 2018 again.

Non. Elle fit d'abord publiée le 27 juillet 2018 par Jan Castenmiller.

—Etienne KLEIN (@EtienneKlein) August 7, 2022

Of course, many people understood Mr. Klein's tweet as a joke, and many jokes with similar photos have been replied.

Strawberry Moon https://t.co/RWr38dCP6h

— Morning Star (@AkaruiHoshiK) August 6, 2022

an annular eclipse https://t.co/vBwDes8lPN

— Nobuhiko Hirota / Nobuhiko Hirota (@n12a) August 5, 2022

However, from a small number of Twitter users, ``It is completely inappropriate to share this kind of content without knowing that it is a lie as a person in charge of scientific research, considering the speed at which false information is transmitted.'' had.

Venant d'un directeur de recherche scientifique, c'est assez déplacé de partager ce type de chose sans préciser dès le 1er tweet qu'il s'agit d'une fausse information lorsqu'on sait la vitesse à laquelle peut être diffusée une fausse information. :)

—Alexis (@alexis2000m) July 31, 2022

In response to a series of criticisms, Mr. Klein said, ``I apologize to those who were shocked by my unoriginal hoax. was intended, ”he announced an apology comment.

Je viens présenter mes excuses à ceux que mon canular, qui n'avait rien d'original, a pu choquer. Il voulait simplement inciter à la prudence vis-à-vis des images qui semblent éloquentes par elles-mêmes.
La blague d'un scientifique https://t.co/wHiJWxscxq #Astronomie via @LePoint

— Etienne KLEIN (@EtienneKlein) August 3, 2022

However, many users are defending Mr. Klein, saying, 'There is no apology. You should learn to think and observe by showing a piece of chorizo and a star together. There was also a tweet saying, 'I made people aware of it.'

Vous n'avez pas à vous excuser. Vous avez rendu service à tous ceux qui ont pris conscience, qu'en confondant une tranche de chorizo avec une étoile, ils devaient peut-être apprendre à réfléchir et observer

—Eric Klein (@EricKLein_) August 4, 2022