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"Dario Autiero [...] counters that" "Contaldi admits" "Contaldi already has some company" I wish they'd stop this. It's not a fight between the OPERA team an
by nknight 15y ago
"Dario Autiero [...] counters that"
"Contaldi admits"
"Contaldi already has some company"
I wish they'd stop this. It's not a fight between the OPERA team and the world. They're not trying to get people to accept their result. This is everybody collectively trying to figure out why the data came out this way, with the expected result that there's a mistake somewhere.
Contaldi pointed out what he thought it might be, OPERA is saying "we don't think that's it, here's why", not "you're wrong, our results are correct".
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago>Contaldi pointed out what he thought it might be, OPERA is saying "we don't think that's it, here's why", not "you're wrong, our results are correct". // I don't think that's it! [see last line]. Surely they're saying "you're wrong, that's no why our results are incorrect"? "We don't think that's it" is just the polite version of "you're wrong" is it not. Of course one can (and should where possible) counter with "no you're wrong, here's why".
- nknight 15y agoThe relative politeness is the entire point. The tone the article sets reflects what the media wants (conflict! drama!) instead of the reality (global scholarly investigation into a big WTF).