Neutrino Data Could Spell Trouble For Relativity

Science News has an exploration of the deeper implications of neutrino oscillation, one experimental confirmation of which we discussed last month. "The new findings could even signal a tiny breakdown of Einstein's theory of special relativity. ... MINOS [for Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search] found that during a 735-kilometer journey from Fermilab to the Soudan Underground Laboratory in Minnesota, about 37 percent of muon antineutrinos disappeared — presumably morphing into one of the other neutrino types — compared with just 19 percent of muon neutrinos. ... That difference in transformation rates suggests a difference in mass between antineutrinos and neutrinos. ... With the amount of data collected so far, there's just a 5% probability that the two types of particles weigh the same."

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Spacetime is dumb

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Its common knowledge to philosophers that time isnt real, its a perception.

Stuff changes, humans use time to measure when changes happen(ed), that doenst make time exist in reality..

We can change stuff, and we can change our perception of stuff, but they are two separate things.

Changing how we perceive stuff doesnt change the stuff in reality.

I think more physicists should study philosophy....