September 13, 2004
» The (disappointing) Truth about that SETI signal
According to Dan Werthimer, who heads up the UC Berkeley SERENDIP SETI project, this is a case of a reporter failing to understand the workings of their search. He says that misquotes and statements taken out of context give the impression that his team is exceptionally impressed with one of the many candidate signals, SHGb02 14a, uncovered using the popular SETI@home software. They are not.
