Also a physicist. I may have let my passion for what the guys at virgo have been up to bias my judgment - visited years ago when they were commissioning the pla

Also a physicist. I may have let my passion for what the guys at virgo have been up to bias my judgment - visited years ago when they were commissioning the place, and had a long, long discussion about the problems they overcame, mostly around optics and noise, which they shared solutions for with the ligo folks. Now the paper is out I've untwisted my knickers as I can see they've cited the teams around the globe. The media up until that point kinda gave the impression it was a sole effort. Giant's shoulders and all that.