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No comparison to random texts, no test of statistical significance.

Any reason to assume this is any better than finding codes in the bible?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_code

I can't assert statistical significance, but I can state that as a Net Exporter of Research Documents, I did have for several years a secret plan to work a particular inside-joke acronym into a paper title. I never managed it, but I did look for opportunities and would have taken it if it had been a good match to the content. I have to assume that I'm not particularly rare.

I am guilty as well, FWIW.

Well... If we go assuming the acronyms are real and turns out they are just spurious findings, the consequences will be disastrous!

We should better get more certainty.

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