Pseudoscience by Allison B. Kaufman & James C. Kaufman

Author:Allison B. Kaufman & James C. Kaufman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: history of science; American history; demarcation fallacy; scientific thinking; pseudoscience; belief revision; cultural identity; scientific literacy; heuristics; visual illusions; cognitive bia; casuality; hard and soft science; Comtean hierarchy; naturalism; parsimony; falsifiability; objectivity; naturopathy; alternative medicine; homeopathy; vaccines; cancer; quackery; peer review
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2018-01-25T16:00:00+00:00

The OPERA Experiment and Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos

One of the most exciting physics stories of 2011 was the September announcement that an experiment in Italy had observed neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light. If true, this would directly contradict one of the cornerstone predictions of the theory of relativity. A comprehensive revision of modern physics would be needed.

The excitement meeting the initial announcement was quickly matched by skepticism from many parts of the physics community. And a few months later, in March 2012, the results were traced to a bad fiber-optic connection in the timing system. A new and improved measurement a year later confirmed that neutrinos do, in fact, obey the conventional laws of physics.

The faster-than-light neutrino saga evolved very rapidly, with the whole issue completely resolved within nine months. It was also extensively documented at every step, making it an excellent demonstration of the trajectory of a high-profile scientific failure.

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