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shin_getter comments on OPERA Confirms: Neutrinos Travel Faster Than Light - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: XiXiDu 18 November 2011 09:58AM

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Comment author: shin_getter 18 November 2011 11:11:40AM 3 points [-]

I remembered a claim of how the measurements of a number of physical constants is subject to anchoring where a previous result lead researchers to look for error at level of scrutiny and correct value is only slowly converged upon. Perhaps this is something similar, where a high profile display make researchers to look for that kind of result.