In a thousand years we might be saying "Einstein who?"
So, there's a possibility that things do travel faster than light
But, as this would disrupt an entire century's worth of physics, the scientists at CERN would like other people to check their homework
On the other hand, if they are wrong, then one scientist/tv presenter will eat his own boxers on live tv which is a good enough reason for me to want our world view turned upside down.
And the whole thing just reminds me of Asimov - "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'"
And makes me want to jump up and down and go, "Look! This is how science works! It's really exciting!"
Because they didn't look at their weird result and say "well, it must be wrong, we'll ignore it" - they retested it time and time again to a point where it had to be factually accurate. And now they're saying, well maybe it's our tunnel. Would other people that can do this experiment check it please? And if it's confirmed, then, we rethink. And if it's not, then they still have to figure out why it happened.
But, as this would disrupt an entire century's worth of physics, the scientists at CERN would like other people to check their homework
On the other hand, if they are wrong, then one scientist/tv presenter will eat his own boxers on live tv which is a good enough reason for me to want our world view turned upside down.
And the whole thing just reminds me of Asimov - "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'"
And makes me want to jump up and down and go, "Look! This is how science works! It's really exciting!"
Because they didn't look at their weird result and say "well, it must be wrong, we'll ignore it" - they retested it time and time again to a point where it had to be factually accurate. And now they're saying, well maybe it's our tunnel. Would other people that can do this experiment check it please? And if it's confirmed, then, we rethink. And if it's not, then they still have to figure out why it happened.