[link] Faster than light neutrinos due to loose fiber optic cable.

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A mundane cause for a surprising result. Consider this unconfirmed for now, however unsurprising it sounds.

According to sources familiar with the experiment, the 60 nanoseconds discrepancy appears to come from a bad connection between a fiber optic cable that connects to the GPS receiver used to correct the timing of the neutrinos' flight and an electronic card in a computer. After tightening the connection and then measuring the time it takes data to travel the length of the fiber, researchers found that the data arrive 60 nanoseconds earlier than assumed. Since this time is subtracted from the overall time of flight, it appears to explain the early arrival of the neutrinos.

New data, however, will be needed to confirm this hypothesis.

Source: Science/AAAS

A mundane cause for a surprising result. Consider this unconfirmed for now, however unsurprising it sounds.

According to sources familiar with the experiment, the 60 nanoseconds discrepancy appears to come from a bad connection between a fiber optic cable that connects to the GPS receiver used to correct the timing of the neutrinos' flight and an electronic card in a computer. After tightening the connection and then measuring the time it takes data to travel the length of the fiber, researchers found that the data arrive 60 nanoseconds earlier than assumed. Since this time is subtracted from the overall time of flight, it appears to explain the early arrival of the neutrinos.

New data, however, will be needed to confirm this hypothesis.

Source: Science/AAAS

This works only to some extent, otherwise throwing all of the Internet in one big cauldron and stirring a bit would make no difference.

It's not a picture of a cute kitten, for crying out loud. Nor is it a gateway drug or a frictionless slippery slope. There IS a bid difference between a random news item and new information about something we have already had epistemic discussions about. There are even new considerations now about how much wish should be wary of confirmation bias when handling this evidence.

That "some extent" more than covers this page. So if you are not interested, really, don't click.

If it relates to other on-topic discussions, then there should be links to them in the post. Without that, it's just an off-topic post.

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