Advance Warning System For Solar Flares Hinges On Surprising Hypothesis

cylonlover writes "Scientists may have hit upon a new means of predicting solar flares more than a day in advance, which hinges on a hypothesis dating back to 2006 that solar activity affects the rate of decay of radioactive materials on Earth. Study of the phenomenon could lead to a new system which monitors changes in gamma radiation emitted from radioactive materials, and if the underlying hypothesis proves correct (abstract), this could lead to solar flare advance warning systems that would assist in the protection of satellites, power systems and astronauts."

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I call politics

[Okian Warrior]

This has to be either a systematic or a fluke. The only thing that could conceivably have an influence on nuclear decay rates is...

Okay, wait.

This guy has evidence which your model doesn't account for. You're saying that the evidence can't be right because it isn't accounted for by your model?

That's not science, that's politics.

If he's got evidence, either counter with your own evidence or show that his evidence is fabricated.

Try actually being a scientist, instead of pretending to act like one.

Re:This is like

[Velex]

Holy cow. Only on Slashdot can some internet tough guy say "I don't care what people who are actually studying this think. I know better because I can throw words like 'neutrino' and 'plausibility' around." And then get modded up to +5 insightful.

I'm not even going to waste a mod point making this a +4 instead. What's the point? Good grief.