Strange Signals from the Stars -- Another Case Study of the Design Inference

Yesterday we noted an illustrative instance of scientists outside the context of the intelligent design community unapologetically employing the design inference ("Fairy Circles? The Design Inference at Work"). Shannon Hall presents another case study in New Scientist: "Strange signals from 234 stars could be ET -- or human error." She writes:

It's a bold claim. Two astronomers think they have spotted messages from not just one extraterrestrial civilisation, but 234 of them. The news has spa...