no, i'm not obsessed (Faster-than-light neutrino results were due to a mistake)

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Notes Faster-than-light neutrino results were due to a mistake

theweekmagazine:

And not just any mistake. A LOOSE CABLE.

“There was a good reason the measurements and reality weren’t lining up: a loose fiber optic cable was causing one of the atomic clocks used to time the neutrinos’ flight to produce spurious results.”

oh my god are you freaking kidding me.

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This is good science at work.
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Con todo el por culo que dieron con los neutrinos y ahora resulta que todo se debe a un error lol pfff-
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Oh good my calc project is safe. BUT THERE GOES MY TIME TRAVEL THEORIES.
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Sad- I love the discourse this spurred in the past few months though, seriously considering the implications of any...
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oh my god are you freaking kidding me.
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oh thank goodness!
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This is why the scientific method is important, kids!
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For the past few months in physics, we’ve been thinking about how physics might be different assuming this were true....
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