[jjeaff]

To me, this case involves reverse engineering, because they were able to generate a similar time based on carefully deconstructing the recorded sound.

[MsMowz]

I guess I assumed reverse engineering was understood to mean explaining how a phenomenon actually occurred. They've recreated a similar outcome, but haven't given any evidence that it's related to what happened in Cuba.

If I look at a hole in the wall and recreate it by pounding my fist through the wall to create another hole, did I reverse engineer the first hole? Or did I just reproduce the effect?