So much for relativity
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 20:42
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Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 21:11
'This doesn't mean Albert Einstein was wrong, any more than his theory of Special Relativity meant Isac Newton was wrong. '
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 21:48
If it turn out to be true it will mean that Einstein was right about atoms. He didn't got same tools and knowledge like Mr and Mrs from CERN.
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 22:04
Now that I want to see!Dr Whitehouse said the findings technically meant that time travel might be possible.
Posted: 23 Sep 2011, 23:10
I think I saw a film about that back in the 80's.Salome wrote:Now that I want to see!Dr Whitehouse said the findings technically meant that time travel might be possible.
As for Einstein - anyone can make a wee mistake.
Posted: 24 Sep 2011, 09:29
There could be a wealth of alternative explanations - extradimensional transference, or maybe a new form of energy field we haven't yet encountered...
The possibilities are endless! We live in exciting times.
The possibilities are endless! We live in exciting times.
Posted: 24 Sep 2011, 10:15
The smart money is on it being an error in the measurements.
*Edit to add: seems xkcd agrees with me:
Anyone want to bet $200?
*Edit to add: seems xkcd agrees with me:
Anyone want to bet $200?
Posted: 24 Sep 2011, 16:52
No but it'll be interesting to see how it turns out. And it should remind us all that many absolute scientific truths only remain true until someone comes up with a better truth. The world ain't flat any more either.moses wrote:'This doesn't mean Albert Einstein was wrong, any more than his theory of Special Relativity meant Isac Newton was wrong. '
Posted: 24 Sep 2011, 18:29
Yes, and that is what we call 'progress'.
and btw.- I just bought 'brief history of time'; it looks that I can throw it now.
and btw.- I just bought 'brief history of time'; it looks that I can throw it now.
Posted: 24 Sep 2011, 18:38
"We don't allow faster than light neutrinos in here" said the bartender.
A neutrino walks into a bar.
A neutrino walks into a bar.
Posted: 24 Sep 2011, 19:29
There are no truths in science, only questions and theoriesstufarq wrote: No but it'll be interesting to see how it turns out. And it should remind us all that many absolute scientific truths only remain true until someone comes up with a better truth. The world ain't flat any more either.
Posted: 25 Sep 2011, 11:29
Technically that is the case, but...moses wrote:There are no truths in science, only questions and theories
If (and it's a big if) the result is confirmed, and the neutrinos really were travelling faster than light, it just means that there are borderline circumstances in which relativity isn't a complete description. (And we knew that anyway; relativity can't currently be reconciled with quantum theory at the sub-atomic scale.)
The computer you're reading this on, your sat-nav, your DVD player, and all sorts of other things, all rely on relativity being "true" in all other circumstances.
Posted: 25 Sep 2011, 22:04
I don't really understand
Are they now saying that relativity is only relatively true
or is it
These neutrino johnnies haven't yet been drugs tested
Are they now saying that relativity is only relatively true
or is it
These neutrino johnnies haven't yet been drugs tested
Posted: 25 Sep 2011, 22:12
They said that it was tested 1500 times. Special deliveries from Switzerland to Italy.
Posted: 25 Sep 2011, 22:35
Judging by your current avatar I suspect that you know more about this than you're letting on, Timtimsinister wrote:There could be a wealth of alternative explanations - extradimensional transference, or maybe a new form of energy field we haven't yet encountered...
The possibilities are endless! We live in exciting times.
