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The Proton Just Got Smaller
inflame writes "A new paper published in Nature has said that the proton may be smaller than we previously thought. The article states 'The difference is so infinitesimal that it might defy belief that anyone, even physicists, would care. But the new measurements could mean that there is a gap in existing theories of quantum mechanics. "It's a very serious discrepancy," says Ingo Sick, a physicist at the University of Basel in Switzerland, who has tried to reconcile the finding with four decades of previous measurements. "There is really something seriously wrong someplace."' Would this indicate new physics if proven?"
... and now this! These scientists have no shame!
are they saying that the consequences of this information are, dare I say it, negative?
"His name was James Damore."
I think I'm going to name all of my children 'Ingo Sick'. What an awesome name.
Just remember, dear protons:
Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is Physics, and a powerful ally it is.
Have they tried re-doing the math in Base 13?
http://alternatives.rzero.com/
A hellaphysicist will be pretty mad is the proton is a hellometer smaller.
>> The Proton Just Got Smaller
The price is the same, the box is the same, but now there's less proton.
this is why i never listen to scientist.
they're always lying, and making me pissed.
fucking protons, how do they work?
THL phish sticks
or is it the taxpayers again?
I shrunk the proton. The kids are fine, though.
Hey, I've been working on a new Proton Filter. Everything was going fine. Now I have to contact my Chinese factory engineers and retool for a smaller seive. Damn it all to hell. No one wants a proton filter that will let proton through. What am I going to do with 45k faulty proton filters?
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong fix.
...determine if a 1kg change is significant (weight of a bowling ball), insignificant (weight of the earth), of wildly significant (weight of a swallow)...
It could just be the difference between a laden and an unladen swallow.
Ah, arrogance and stupidity, all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari
Excellent point. What this means is that when I go out to buy a liter of protons, I'm getting, like, 4% fewer than it says on the label, right?
(Of course, Google wouldn't convert protons to liters, so I have a feeling I'm doing this wrong.)
"For my ally is the Strong Nuclear Force, and a powerful ally it is."
Student: Is it true that the foundation of the universe is paradox?
Master: Well, yes and no.
Thanks, I got mixed up. That means this is 4% more awesome than I thought! Woohoo!
There's never a theoretical particle physicist when you need one. (Never thought I'd say that phrase)
Theoretical physicist? I'd prefer the question be answered by an ACTUAL physicist. B-)
(And if I weren't on a slow dialup link right now I'd hunt up the issue of "nukees" - a web comic written and drawn by an actual nuclear engineering PhD - where the new berkeley student opens the door to the "Theoretical physics conference room" and finds it opens into thin air about three stories up.)
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
My name is Ingo Sick. You cast doubt on the Standard Model. Prepare to die!
Your Mom's so fat that she lost 4% of her weight and nobody cared.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
God here. I just upgraded the universe server to PhysicsOS 1.1. Some users may notice a change in proton size due to the new quantum mechanics engine, but unless your working with the OS directly, this shouldn't be a problem for you.
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