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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37/ So please don't think I'm weaving a conspiracy theory against the authors or anyone else.
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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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I’m now very pleased my people have managed to produce a very entertaining physics drama
Is there a physics drama Oscar?
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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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Clue in the FB profile painting maybe? Looks like some famous scene.
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It's the assassination of Julius Caesar! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Julius_Caesar#/media/File:Vincenzo_Camuccini_-_La_morte_di_Cesare.jpg …
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Ouch, if TVR is famous maybe he’s the target
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Hmm I can’t spot the profile pic head in the main painting. This is now a where’s waldo game
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It's a separate painting of Caesar:https://www.theleidencollection.com/artwork/julius-caesar/ …
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Okay this is officially ridiculous. On the positive side social media makes this stuff way more entertaining than pre-Internet controversies. The cold fusion guys had a fairly tame endgame retiring in France after burning through a bunch of Toyota money. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Pons …
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I actually wish this were happening more slowly. The fast pace of it all is stressing me out!
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Did you get to see the email to PR with the fabricated correspondence? Did that reveal whether a physicist had written the fake forwarded parts? Should reveal whether Licher is random troll adding chaos or a physicist with a grudge close to the scene.
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