Hi Alex,
Thanks for the post with the New Scientist article link.
That sets the cat amongst the pigeons.
It's good to see that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"
still holds true in the world of science today and that science continues this
process of introspection, analysis and confirmation.
It would be a great pity if the LIGO detections turned out to be noise
but better to know and prove whether something is really true rather than
hope it is true.
Let's hope for the sake of all involved that it can be resolved quickly.