(November 23, 2011 at 11:42 am)corndog36 Wrote: I'm wondering if they are taking into account the Lorentz contraction in calculating the distance these neutrinos are traveling.
I am sure they have. The two issues are clock synchronization and the exact distance (path through rock with curvature of space-time).
Who was holding the other end of the tape measure?
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God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
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-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy