No, that was not accepted very well at all. Only a small quantity of open minded theoretical physicists (most of them are considered fringe by the mainstream) are publishing papers just in case the phenomena exists but it will take a few more years to confirm it.
2011/12/15 Jouni Valkonen <[email protected]> > 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 > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ [email protected]
