CE RN (Neutrino) Vs EINSTEIN
"I find him ( Einstein) close to the definition of God. Our results show that neutrinos did travel faster than light, but it has nothing to do with disproving Einstein."--Antonio Ereditato, Director of Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental physics, university of Bern,Switzerland.
( Source) - The Times Of India, Kolkata, Sunday ,February 5 ,2012.
This is a great and noble statement.
Like Einstein's admission of 'Great BLUNDER'(forced) and his subsequent Great Victory of "COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT ', a section of restless or ambitious Scientists are ever eager to make quick conclusions !
yes, neutrino have been found moving faster than light but A.Eraditato has not excluded the possibility of 'Dimensionsl by-pass'.
The other explanation can be :
i. Einstein told ' nothing' can exceed the speed of light. And neutrino is not a 'thing' (material body) but a sub atomic particle that lies in the classification of dancing vibrating string (String -Theory). *[Even an atom is a particle point with no physical base].
ii. Or , otherwise, it was proved long back( Hubbles' time) that Space has and can moved faster than light and that also had nothing to do with dis-proving Einstein's observation .
So Einstein stands 'Tall and Erect ' like Statue of Liberty , in-spite of scattered ripples.
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