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I mean, if CMS just hadn't played up their 2.3 sigma excess we probably wouldn't have had the 750 bonanza* so don't pretend there is no blood on the experimenta
by SiempreViernes 7y ago
I mean, if CMS just hadn't played up their 2.3 sigma excess we probably wouldn't have had the 750 bonanza* so don't pretend there is no blood on the experimental hands :p
OPERA is a bit of a special case, but BICEP just straight up declared discovery and wanted the Nobel, have you seen their video of when they tell Linde?
* Any time I can, I link to the conclusion: http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2016/06/game-of-thrones-750-gev-edition.html http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2016/06/game-of-thrones-750-...
- oefrha 7y ago> BICEP just straight up declared discovery and wanted the Nobel, have you seen their video of when they tell Linde? That’s a bit exaggerated. You mean the champagne popping video? Well, it’s somewhat awkward in hind sight, but a bit of excitement was warranted at that time. I was at Stanford around that time, might even talked to Andrei right after, and don’t recall a festive atmosphere or anything.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoI feel bad for his wife every time I see it now :(
- oefrha 7y agoShe’s also a Stanford physicist. Great person.
- knzhou 7y agoI agree that BICEP was the worst debacle of this kind that’s occurred in recent memory. But also see how the safeguards worked: their results were properly questioned, the hype was over in months, and they did not get a Nobel.