Hi And then again ... it is not at all obvious that some sub-atomic particle traveling 90 km a few nanoseconds faster than expected would help at all in "seeing into the future" seconds and minutes ahead, or hours, days, and years in lay cases. Of course, that won't stop some people from seriously (unlike Mike P.) seeing confirmation of their weird beliefs about paranormal phenomena in these findings.
Moreover, it is unlikely that even such a radical finding, if confirmed, would "overthrow" Einstein, anymore than Einstein overthrew Newton, whose principles were correct within the context he was working. It would just mean that we have managed to find an even more extreme context at which Einstein's principles need adjusting. I'm speaking as a non-physicist, of course! Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca >>> "Mike Palij" <m...@nyu.edu> 23-Sep-11 9:09 AM >>> An interesting article in today's NY Times on a startling finding by physicists at CERN. One theorist at CERN is quoted as saying: "If it is true, then we truly haven't understood anything about anything." See: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/science/23speed.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha3 As noted in the article, it might be premature to throw Einstein under the bus. Then again..... -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=12907 or send a blank email to leave-12907-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=12909 or send a blank email to leave-12909-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
