Possibly people thought "We know why days are getting longer, it's because of drag from the Moon" and then they thought they had the answer, so the article must

Possibly people thought "We know why days are getting longer, it's because of drag from the Moon" and then they thought they had the answer, so the article must be rubbish --> Flagged. <fx: shrug> I don't really know how the HN crowd thinks. Thanks for vouching for it ... I did think it was unexpectedly interesting.