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CERN Confirms Ultra-Rare Particle Transformation, Hints at New Physics (www.sciencealert.com)

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[-] rah@feddit.uk 41 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 12 points 9 months ago

Whatever particle physicists are, idiots they’re not

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

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

[-] rah@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

“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

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago

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