Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > If an experimental result does not fit into their conceptual framework, > the tendency is to ignore the troublesome concept as a result of some > screw-up or another, rather than readjust the concept to fit the > experimental data. > I assume this is about the intense magnetic field.
I think this is more more a case where the result does not fit in with conventional, textbook physics and engineering. 99.9999% of the time that means the result is some screw-up or another. It is best for an outside observer to ignore such results for the time being. If the researcher has a feeling it might be a genuine anomaly and not a mistake, the researcher should do it again several times, using different instrument types. Then announce it again with more details and better proof. There is no harm in ignoring results temporarily. There is a huge difference between ignoring a result and attacking it. Benign neglect is okay. - Jed
