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Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern

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Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
September 29, 2011 at 9:20 am
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
September 29, 2011 at 9:30 am
Zaki hasn't found this thread yet?? Dodgy or doesn't understand it?

Still waiting for news... I'm patient
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
October 14, 2011 at 2:15 am (This post was last modified: October 14, 2011 at 2:16 am by little_monkey.)
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
October 14, 2011 at 3:04 am (This post was last modified: October 14, 2011 at 4:19 am by Erinome.)
If the theory that neutrinos can travel faster than light had been proven, the scientific community would be overjoyed. Nothing science loves more than truth. It would have definitely changed physics, but unlike religion, science's responsibility is truth and not ancient, irrational claims.

As a chistian I know put it, after I explained to her cern's claims- "You never know, neutrinos could be angels... god's precious speckles."

Instead scientific, skeptical minds collaborated, finding errors in the experiment/claims, and electromagnetic radiation (as far as we know) is still the fastest. I can understand that cern was excited to have their findings tested, so I don't find them untrustworthy for that.

The anti-science factions will and do make up shit, science doesn't and won't. A mistake, at least, proves that someone did something.
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
October 14, 2011 at 9:49 am
The anti science factions will do that regardless, chuck. To me, it strenghtens my trust in it, It means they'll do and redo any calculations and won't fear coming with a correction.

Its still a long way from "LALALALALALA, I CAN'T HEAR YA, GODDIDIT, PERIOD!"
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
October 14, 2011 at 10:10 am
That is just how I see it. Unlike the religious factions who assail them using a text that was archaic a thousand years ago, scientists will say, "OK, so what did we learn here," and the quality of process will improve as a result of the questioning.
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
October 14, 2011 at 11:45 am
Yes, it's always been a strength that science can self-correct. The problem I have here is the hype that was created even before the preliminary results were verified. I know it's has a lot to do with getting crucial funds for such huge undertaking. But the negative side is this sideshow can also undermine the process.
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
October 28, 2011 at 1:56 pm
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
October 29, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Religious shits would call it a "miracle," chalk it up to their stupid god and never dare to try to repeat the experiment.

I'll take science over those morons.
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RE: Speed-of-light experiments give baffling result at Cern
October 29, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Me too Min, I'll take the persuit of fact and truth over defending a book of myths and lies anyday.
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