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

un:

discoverynews:

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.”

oops

KNEW IT!

oh damn! there goes that neutrino-walks-into-a-bar joke…

Reblogged 3 months ago from un (Originally from theweekmagazine)
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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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