I don't think this is just a recent debate. IAAMP (in training) too, and I was reading an interview with John Cameron (founder of the MP department at UW-Madison) from a LONG time ago and he's always been an advocate of the fact that low levels of radiation are beneficial.
Too bad my personal TLD always comes back with no measurable dose.:(
Photons have too high of an interaction cross section.
You need to figure out how to interact with and store data on neutrinos so you can shoot them all over the globe (and through it, as well!).
Ah. I was also wondering why this was the case.
The Ignobels seem to be plagued with terrible weather: last year it was FREEEZING and this year when we left the ceremony it was pouring rain.
Unfortunately we have our big physics departmental clambake on the beach today, so I can't attend the lectures. They are always HYSTERICAL.
I hope some of you get to go; it's a good time.
It seems obvious that this experiment highlights a failure in our understanding of the strong force.
But that's good, you see. Because it forces a revision in thinking...it encourages creativity and new research.
Of course, the great thing about science is that: when "the rules" are broken, new things are discovered and "the rules" change. That's inherent to research.
I would definitely agree with your statement that a lot of science is a best fit line sort of operation. Scientists are continuously seeking a better fit to that line...with the goal of one day finding the line itself.
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I don't think this is just a recent debate. IAAMP (in training) too, and I was reading an interview with John Cameron (founder of the MP department at UW-Madison) from a LONG time ago and he's always been an advocate of the fact that low levels of radiation are beneficial.
:(
Too bad my personal TLD always comes back with no measurable dose.
Photons have too high of an interaction cross section. You need to figure out how to interact with and store data on neutrinos so you can shoot them all over the globe (and through it, as well!).
TSUNAMIS. Holy lord. No apostrophe.
Ah. I was also wondering why this was the case. The Ignobels seem to be plagued with terrible weather: last year it was FREEEZING and this year when we left the ceremony it was pouring rain. Unfortunately we have our big physics departmental clambake on the beach today, so I can't attend the lectures. They are always HYSTERICAL. I hope some of you get to go; it's a good time.
It seems obvious that this experiment highlights a failure in our understanding of the strong force. But that's good, you see. Because it forces a revision in thinking...it encourages creativity and new research.
Of course, the great thing about science is that: when "the rules" are broken, new things are discovered and "the rules" change. That's inherent to research.
I would definitely agree with your statement that a lot of science is a best fit line sort of operation. Scientists are continuously seeking a better fit to that line...with the goal of one day finding the line itself.
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