William_Quixote comments on SETI-related: fast radio bursts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: William_Quixote 06 April 2015 02:10:50PM 3 points [-]

It may just be a coincidence, but I notice this was published at the end of March. Historically there have been a lot of spurious results published on or immediately before April first.

Comment author: satt 11 April 2015 01:59:33PM 2 points [-]

Historically there have been a lot of spurious results published on or immediately before April first.

Is there anything I can read on this phenomenon? I've never heard of it before but it'd be pretty important if real.