Originally Posted by masc24
This is the second time something like this is discovered. Several years ago FermiLab got a similar result, but their experiment was flawed and had a huge margin of error so it was proved invalid. I imagine alot of people are going to jump the gun to invalidate this since its in conflict with relativity. But what are the odds of two different experiments yielding similar results? Relativity is just a theory after all.
Actually Fermilab is upgrading his protocols and instrumentation to make the doublecheck of the case
Originally Posted by masc24
In any case, this has nothing to do with warp speed or wormholes, if it holds, it just means we have to go back to the drawing boards and come up with something new. As far as technological applications of this... I remind you its neutrinos we are talking about.
Eheheh I know, it just that the title was too tempting.
But if you prove that light speed is not the limit of speed itself you destroy one of the bases of the modern physics, you cant go faster than light.
Its like to prove that heavier tha air can flight. No practical use, but a lot of ideas will born from that.
Originally Posted by Eradicator1
I don't understand how something that passes through matter would help move matter...
Its only a scale problem, and its not necesarly matter that have to be moved, actually i am thinking of some kind of communication system which can use that fact.
In a long future, this could permit to have a real time solar system internet.
Instead of having to wait 5 hours that the light speed signal reach the people across the solar system.
Originally Posted by Stormvanger
Personally I think it will be another false positive, right up there with the whole Cold Fusion announcement. But I hope there's something to it. A new branch of physics and a major rewrite of relativity would seriously shake up science as we know it.
Actually it can be, but this time is not a couple of guys burried in a hole who made that discovery (wait, in fact it is ^^ but they are 160 scientist and more assistants in one of the major nuclear research labs in the world).
This experiment is about 10 years old, they checked, counter checked and now are asking for someone to confirm. This experiment for himself is nothing, it serves only the purpose to demonstrate that light speed is breachable.
