The article goes through a list of known cosmic phenomena trying to see if this observation can be explained by each, and concludes it’s unlikely. “Can’t be exp

The article goes through a list of known cosmic phenomena trying to see if this observation can be explained by each, and concludes it’s unlikely. “Can’t be explained” clearly means “can’t be a explained by a known phenomenon”. Human language is a beautiful and powerful and (sometimes) ambiguous tool. We could write everything in terms that are completely unambiguous —- like some awful formally-verified programming language —- so people on HN couldn’t possibly adopt an absurdist interpretation and spend time knocking it down. Or alternatively, we can just use common sense and the world can be a slightly more interesting and mysterious place.