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CERN Confirms Ultra-Rare Particle Transformation, Hints at New Physics (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Whatever particle physicists are, idiots they’re not

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I think that was directed at the journalists coming up with clickbait, not the scientists.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

“One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.” ― James D. Watson, The Double Helix

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There’s many things in which we shouldn’t take scientists at their word indeed, but in their own field there’s a good chance they have something useful to say

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

in their own field there’s a good chance they have something useful to say

Pity this press release wasn't one of them.