I was just going to say this... the biggest problem with this was the whole reddit/engadget/wired blowup, which led to more mainstream media blow up, and the wh

I was just going to say this... the biggest problem with this was the whole reddit/engadget/wired blowup, which led to more mainstream media blow up, and the whole thing avalanched out of control. It's very unfortunate. After a few years this will go the way of the SSC and leave the public conscious but it will still haunt physicists similarly. The problem with the media blow up is that the public sees this as a public failure by the physicists, when it shouldn't have been. A problem was found in the experiment, and that's what was supposed to happen. It's a testament to the complexity of modern day experiments more than anything.