On 16 December 2011 02:47, Joshua Cude <[email protected]> wrote:
> Contrary to popular argument, science actually celebrates novelty and
> revolution, and scientists are not afraid of disruptive experiments; they
> crave them. Fame, glory, funding, and adoration come to those who make
> breakthroughs, not those who add decimal places. The problem is, the
> revolutionary science has to be right...
>
I think that the new superluminal neutrino finding was the best
possible example, how fast revolutionary claims are accepted. And it
was taken very joyfully by the scientific community, because they are
eager to see new things. Of course there were some grey heads from the
last century, even some Nobel laureates, who opposed the finding,
because they believe that Einstein is the Truth, but they are very
minority among scientist. (Although sometimes they are loud)
I think that the nicest thing with this is, that we can rewrite many
scifi books, because superluminal travelling is after all possible.
And we do not need to invent silly fairy tales about Einstein-Rosen
bridges (E.g. Carl Sagan in 'Contact').
–Jouni
