I find this whole thing fascinating - as its great to see how science works - by that I mean how you have a dominant theory around for ages, then someone comes along and suggests it may not all be right.. Then theres a mixture of people agreeing, saying its bollocks, partially agreeing and disagreeing etc.. And those who say we can explain this with existing theories. Its great to watch.. Anyway, AFAIK this finding could be fundamental as it throws up some whopper question marks about Einsteins theory of relativity that has underpinned a huge chunk of physics for a number of years.. Never mind double dip recessions this could effect everything
Quote from: Bubba on September 24, 2011, 09:40:31 amI think that was a Slackers geeky joke Yeah, joke's on me! I spent all of 10 minutes looking for the info.
I think that was a Slackers geeky joke
Everything Ive read seems to be people thinking there must have been a mistake somewhere in the measurement.As far as I understand it neutrinos are so hard to control because they dont really interact with anything. So we wouldnt be able to use this for anything much even if itwas true.As people have said though its a really interesting insight into science at work. Testing the theories and all that.
BOOM!http://www.gizmag.com/opera-confirms-faster-than-light-neutrinos/20540/
The paper referred to in that link was bollocks, basically just plain wrong, as the researchers did account for the GR effects mentioned, and say so in their paper.