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"It is not apparent yet that such Rogue planets are regularly traded between star-systems and subsequently participate in serial evaporative events and the proposal may seem like a long shot, but on astronomical time scales the unlikely can become commonplace."

It sounds a bit Velikofskian.

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Yes, Michael Lund of CalTech updated the Velikofskian hypothesis: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.12437.pdf

The fact that this paper appeared in April 2019 in a journal called "Acta Prima Aprilia" should give you a clue to how seriously to take it.

The fact that the paper uses “CalTech” was the big clue for me. Also check out the references at the end. Some big clues there too.

Yes, I particularly liked the reference to Hesiod's Theogony (although the Beastie Boys one is more obvious).

Some really raging clues there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcHy8xEt2QI

That video cuts off the best part, where he says "Godspeed".

Best part:

> We note, however, that if a significant fraction of these ejections involve hypervelocity planets, then the number still inthe galaxy may be notably reduced as these bodies would be traveling in excess of galactic escape velocities, and so could become inter-galactic planetary bodies (Beastie Boys, 1998).

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