[Renfrew]

"Call this one the Mother Of All Signals, if true"

Would be nice if this was the case, but any report that contains that caveat is not worth one's time.

[LouieFisk]

“but any report that contains that caveat is not worth one’s time.”
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We live in a time where actual so-called news reportage carries the “if true” disclaimer.
It’s like “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” - Ripley never claimed that everything the printed was true; it was “make of it what you will”.