The number of kaon to pion and neutrino/antineutrino decays the team observed is higher than the 8.4 per 100 billion predicted by the Standard Model, but it's still within the uncertainty parameters.

So then how the fuck does that hint at new physics? Idiots.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Whatever particle physicists are, idiots they’re not

[–] angrystego 6 points 2 months ago

I think that was directed at the journalists coming up with clickbait, not the scientists.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

“One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.” ― James D. Watson, The Double Helix

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There’s many things in which we shouldn’t take scientists at their word indeed, but in their own field there’s a good chance they have something useful to say

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

in their own field there’s a good chance they have something useful to say

Pity this press release wasn't one of them.

[–] benignintervention 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They demonstrated the event to five sigma certainty, which is significant, but it's within the uncertainty in the standard model. If they can demonstrate the same or similar things to greater exactness, it could guide research that changes the standard model

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're just repeating the article. Nothing you said contradicts what I said.

[–] benignintervention 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I thought you were legitimately confused. Not going to spend the energy on a troll

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought you were legitimately confused

I'm just curious: if I had been confused, what were you expecting would have happen if you simply repeated what the article had already stated without adding anything?

[–] benignintervention 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe a pleasant discussion starting from common ground, rather than this endless contrarian hell

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

a pleasant discussion

About what?

[–] just_another_person 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a HINT, not a certainty 😘

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It's a HINT

What is?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The basic procedure at CERN is that in order to be certain about something that's super random is to conduct the experiment trillions of times until you get a couple thousand events and you get to beat down your error. If they startseeing something, it'll still take them a couple of years of data to prove it past their uncertainty requirements.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

LOL yes I know thanks.