(November 18, 2011 at 3:51 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15791236
Quote:The team which found that neutrinos may travel faster than light has carried out an improved version of their experiment - and confirmed the result.
If confirmed by other experiments, the find could undermine one of the basic principles of modern physics.
I guess the critics of CERN's handling of the experiment just got silenced.
Right now is the best time for this experiment to be very careful and critical. Those in charge of the experiment should be very careful on what they say publicly about it as well until more experiments have been accomplished.
It is starting to look more and more like Neutrinos are given a pass to violate the cosmic speed limit.
The first thought that comes to mind is:
Is there any way that information could be attached to this basic units? If so, it would be the most advanced communications medium known to mankind.
I also wonder, if communications could be attached to such a medium, if intelligent life forms outside of our planet are currently using them right now to contact other intelligence without being impeded by relativity and time.
BUT, I must also wonder if the machine is accurately measuring this data. That is why i really want this crew to be careful in what it posts publicly. If they cause a ruckus in the scientific community only to find out that the machinery had a glitch...well....you can see how bad it would make this team look.
