Questions of Light and Space (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, September 26, 2011, 23:05 (4784 days ago) @ dhw

This sensational, revolutionary announcement ("neutrinos may exceed the speed of light") has hit the headlines all over the world. It seems, though, that every week the foundations of science are being rocked by new discoveries that may or may not be true. (There was a spate of discoveries recently that would overturn all our previous notions of the evolution of humankind, if...) We outsiders have no way of knowing whether subsequent scientific scepticism is the result of greater expertise or the desire to protect reputation and lucrative grants, but I hope I will be forgiven for wishing that scientists would keep quiet about their sensational discoveries until they had actually verified them.-This latest discussion of the speed of neutrinos and the speed of light. Lots of skepticism.-http://procrustes.blogtownhall.com/2011/09/26/einstein,_neutrinos_and_time_travel.thtml