Original sentence: In his most recent writings, Ehman resists "drawing vast conclusions from half-vast data"—acknowledging the possibility that the source may have been military or otherwise a product of Earth-bound humans
Edited sentence: In his most recent writings, Ehman resists "drawing vast conclusions from half-vast data" (dry wit via homophone half-assed all but surely intentional).Instead, he acknowledges the possibility that the source may have been military, or otherwise a product of Earth-bound humans