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Dreaded_Anomaly 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: Dreaded_Anomaly 18 November 2011 05:54:10PM *  5 points [-]

I count a "confirmation" by the same group working with the same equipment as only a small amount of evidence. I will have to see confirmation by a separate experiment (perhaps something involving NuMI at Fermilab) before giving this result much more credibility.

Edit to add: MINOS is planning to make a measurement, although currently they are still preparing the detector. They saw a similar result, but at a much lower confidence level, several years ago.