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Re:I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Clau... by soltanov on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:54AM (#50003010)
Call me when peer review confirms it; until then, it is noise fitting noise. (Reason: Clean cut through the hype directly to scientific validation.)
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Re:I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Clau... by soltanov on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:53AM (#50005242)
I don't understand the downvotes on this topic. Almost everybody is in grey :)
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Re:I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Clau... by wartywhoa23 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:26PM (#50008860)
The color of truth on HN.
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Re:I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Clau... by handoflixue on Thursday October 08, 2026 @03:49PM (#50011103)
It's hacker news, not academia news.

Dismissing something for lacking formal academic review is counter to the ethos of the site, and the link itself mentions that verification is coming in a month and there's at least a loose consensus of actual people that this might be valid.

If they'd said "excited to see if this replicates in November!" I would have at least believed that they'd read the link and/or had some interest in the topic.

I don't see any value in "this topic doesn't interest me", though

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Re:I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Clau... by justsomehnguy on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:10PM (#50011431)
That's the usual state of things. I even vouched for a green comment because it was in a spirit yet for some it was not.
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Re:I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Clau... by timcobb on Friday October 09, 2026 @07:40AM (#50019096)
It's low effort and not interesting
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Re:I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Clau... by snowwrestler on Friday October 09, 2026 @08:00AM (#50019276)
Agree on the need for verification, but that is not what peer review does. It would take an independent investigation.
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