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    1. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      29/ PR replied with a "rather strong response" to TVR, including a cc to TVR's personal email address. Shortly thereafter, he got a phone call from TVR. It turns out that TVR HAD NEVER WRITTEN ANY SUCH EMAIL.

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    2. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      30/ Both the email asking PR not to criticize the authors, and the supposed discussion between TVR and Pandey were fabricated by someone pretending to be TVR.

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    3. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      31/ Looking back at the email supposedly from TVR to PR, they realize that it was sent from a mail server called protonmail, which is double-encrypted. Email address <wileslicher@protonmail.com>, which neither of them recognized.

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    4. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      32/ PR's description of the incident is here: https://www.facebook.com/pratap.raychaudhuri/posts/10155731690888601 … Guys, it's hard to properly convey how surreal this all feels. It's way more drama than I ever thought I would encounter in physics.

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    5. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      33/ I swear I am not making this up. Yesterday I got a Facebook friend request from someone I had never heard of, and I ignored it. I realize today that the person's name was "Wiles Licher". (Same as the email address above) Zero friends, account one month old. ... should I??pic.twitter.com/zq47T4RQBX

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    6. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      34/ This is probably paranoid, but I'll give a warning anyway: If anyone gets an email from me about this business, please reply to my MIT email address to confirm that it was actually from me.

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    7. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      35/ This thread has become way more sensation than it I wish it were. So let me say something that probably needs saying: the mysterious "Wiles Licher" is very likely some third-party troll using this controversy as a chance to mess with people.

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    8. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      36/ The reality of the claims in the paper will be decided (by people closer to the situation and more expert in the field than I am) on the basis of data and reproducibility. Weird shenanigans are a distraction to the important question.

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    9. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      37/ So please don't think I'm weaving a conspiracy theory against the authors or anyone else.

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    10. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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      38/ Strangely, though, the "Wiles Licher" account was created July 7. That's 16 days _before_ the paper appeared on the arxiv.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 13 Aug 2018
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      I’m now very pleased my people have managed to produce a very entertaining physics drama 😎 Is there a physics drama Oscar? Wiles Licher is an unusual enough name I’m inclined to suspect an anagram.

      8:55 PM - 13 Aug 2018
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        2. Brian Skinner‏ @gravity_levity 13 Aug 2018
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          I tried to find one, actually! Nothing seemed promising in English. I was thinking maybe "wiles" like cunning/deceit, and "Licher" to sound like "leaker".

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 13 Aug 2018
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          Clue in the FB profile painting maybe? Looks like some famous scene.

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