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Didn't the guy end up having to resign because of the media circus? It was a pretty sad story IIRC.

sohkamyung 11y ago
Nautilus has an interview with him (Antonio Ereditat) [ http://nautil.us/issue/24/error/the-data-that-threatened-to-break-physics http://nautil.us/issue/24/error/the-data-that-threatened-to-... ]. From his point of view, he did the 'right thing' by announcing the apparent FTL result and inviting people to find out what was wrong.
- deciplex 11y ago
  He absolutely did the right thing. But in the end I think he resigned because the media circus that followed the announcement meant he could no longer contribute effectively to the project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light_neutrino_anomaly#Discussions_within_the_OPERA_collaboration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light_neutrino_ano...
  - plonh 11y ago
    The media circus died down in a few weeks. Why wouldn't he be welcomed back? Why is science drowned in political crap?
    - acqq 11y ago
      Read his statement here: http://www.lescienze.it/news/2012/03/30/news/opera_ereditatos_point_of_view-938232/ http://www.lescienze.it/news/2012/03/30/news/opera_ereditato... What happened before is described in the Nautilus article: "In March of 2012, as the dust settled, the OPERA collaboration held another vote, this time to determine whether the collaborators had confidence in the leaders of the experiment. Each member institution got one vote. The tally ended at 16 to 13 favoring no confidence with several abstentions, well short of the two-thirds majority required to impeach the leadership, but enough to send a strong message. Both the OPERA leader, Ereditato, and the experimental coordinator, Dario Autiero, resigned." He's, as far as I understand, now the director of the Laboratory for High Energy Physics at Bern University: http://www.lhep.unibe.ch/modx/index.php?id=86&uid=4 http://www.lhep.unibe.ch/modx/index.php?id=86&uid=4

Nautilus has an interview with him (Antonio Ereditat) [ http://nautil.us/issue/24/error/the-data-that-threatened-to-break-physics http://nautil.us/issue/24/error/the-data-that-threatened-to-... ]. From his point of view, he did the 'right thing' by announcing the apparent FTL result and inviting people to find out what was wrong.

deciplex 11y ago
He absolutely did the right thing. But in the end I think he resigned because the media circus that followed the announcement meant he could no longer contribute effectively to the project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light_neutrino_anomaly#Discussions_within_the_OPERA_collaboration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light_neutrino_ano...
- plonh 11y ago
  The media circus died down in a few weeks. Why wouldn't he be welcomed back? Why is science drowned in political crap?
  - acqq 11y ago
    Read his statement here: http://www.lescienze.it/news/2012/03/30/news/opera_ereditatos_point_of_view-938232/ http://www.lescienze.it/news/2012/03/30/news/opera_ereditato... What happened before is described in the Nautilus article: "In March of 2012, as the dust settled, the OPERA collaboration held another vote, this time to determine whether the collaborators had confidence in the leaders of the experiment. Each member institution got one vote. The tally ended at 16 to 13 favoring no confidence with several abstentions, well short of the two-thirds majority required to impeach the leadership, but enough to send a strong message. Both the OPERA leader, Ereditato, and the experimental coordinator, Dario Autiero, resigned." He's, as far as I understand, now the director of the Laboratory for High Energy Physics at Bern University: http://www.lhep.unibe.ch/modx/index.php?id=86&uid=4 http://www.lhep.unibe.ch/modx/index.php?id=86&uid=4