Restating some of what I said in an earlier[1] my point is that the article never should have been written, even by a non-scientist, because there are a ton of

Restating some of what I said in an earlier[1] my point is that the article never should have been written, even by a non-scientist, because there are a ton of red flags. Making an extraordinary claim alone (like finding an explanation for the Wow! signal) should have prompted the author to ask themself, "Hmm, is this claim actually legitimate?" and then lead them to dig in a little more. If they were still unsure, they should have approached a physicist or astronomer and asked for their take. If you don't do that, then you basically just start churning out clickbait pop-science articles. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14522080 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14522080