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Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

In the best case, the detection is at the 2.4 sigma confidence level (less than the usual 3 for reasonable confidence and will below the 5 required for strong confidence), and if previously suspected issues with the instrument are true, the detection could disappear completely.

I do not have a strong confidence in this result. (But at least they didn't publish it in Nature, in which case you would absolutely know it's wrong...)