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i assume that this result is notable because they made all the needed corrections and took into account all known phenomena. Like serious scientists would.
by kashkhan 10y ago
i assume that this result is notable because they made all the needed corrections and took into account all known phenomena. Like serious scientists would.
- danbruc 10y agoThey accounted for everything they could think of an that the experimental setup allowed to. It is still very much more likely that they missed at least one source of error than that our understanding of physics is wrong in such a serious way. Not that it is totally impossible that the effect is real, it just is still very, very unlikely.
- taneq 10y agoWell that's why you publish research, isn't it? They accounted for everything they could think of, now they're giving everyone else a chance to spot mistakes.
- danbruc 10y agoYes, of course. I never wanted to attack the paper in any way, I am just trying to say that this positive result will almost certainly turn out to be wrong and one should not draw the wrong conclusion that this is any kind of proof.
- cygx 10y agoAs did the OPERA guys, and yet a fiber optic cable attached improperly slipped through.