Speed of light (Introduction)

by David Turell , Saturday, March 17, 2012, 14:21 (4635 days ago) @ dhw


> "The evidence is beginning to point towards the OPERA result being an artifact of the measurement," CERN research director Sergio Bertolucci said in a prepared statement. 
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> An artifact of the measurement? I wonder how long it took him to prepare that statement. Why not just say they got it hopelessly wrong? One article that I read suggested the mistake was due to a faulty wire! These folk use language in much the same way as politicians, and on my personal trustometer their rating is rapidly approaching the same round figure.-That is why I read and interpret, with a good laugh at times.