Concentric circles in WMAP data may provide evidence of violent pre-Big-Bang activity · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1011.3706/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTConcentric circles in WMAP data may provide evidence of violent pre-Big-Bang activity — mentioned by dagsshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17893389urn:hackerpapers:mention:1011.3706:17893389Sat, 01 Sep 2018 18:59:42 GMT<p>I would be very sceptical of data analysis papers with Penrose&#x27;s name on them. Penrose &amp; Gurzadyan committed this travesty: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3706 ...and the entire CMB analysis community quickly rushed to point out the numerous basic errors done in the statistical analysis. E.g. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/733/2/L2... Gurzadyan &amp; Penrose wrote the kind of paper that should never have passed basic peer review. And even when &quot;everyone&quot; pointed out Gurzadyan does not have a clue about data analysis they still stuck to it. I have no idea about this paper and if…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1011.3706/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.COConcentric circles in WMAP data may provide evidence of violent pre-Big-Bang activity — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1945340urn:hackerpapers:submission:1011.3706:1945340Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:24:16 GMT<p>pre-Big-Bang activity evidence</p><p></p><p>51 points; 19 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1011.3706/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>astro-ph.CO