▲ 463 ▼ xkcd #3275: Calibration Nobel (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world [B] to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments xkcd #3275: Calibration Nobel Title text: We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular. Transcript: Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com Source: https://xkcd.com/3275/ explainxkcd for #3275
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 child) it didn't explain it permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 44 points 1 month ago (2 children) As an example, I remember back in highschool physics we heard that some scientics just discover tychions travel faster than light. Well, it turns out that those scientists didn't have some piece of equipment plugged in all the way or something thus giving them those results. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 child) The semi-recent room temperature superconductor reporting and all the buzz around the EMdrive are the two that spring to mind most readily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tai@piefed.world 12 points 1 month ago My mind went to phosphine on Venus first. I'd forgotten about the EM drive, was always skeptical but hopeful on that one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago Oh right, it’s not that tachyons don’t exist it’s that those dudes at CERN were all like “bro we just picked up FTL travel, check it out lol” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon#History permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 44 points 1 month ago (2 children) As an example, I remember back in highschool physics we heard that some scientics just discover tychions travel faster than light. Well, it turns out that those scientists didn't have some piece of equipment plugged in all the way or something thus giving them those results. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 child) The semi-recent room temperature superconductor reporting and all the buzz around the EMdrive are the two that spring to mind most readily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tai@piefed.world 12 points 1 month ago My mind went to phosphine on Venus first. I'd forgotten about the EM drive, was always skeptical but hopeful on that one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago Oh right, it’s not that tachyons don’t exist it’s that those dudes at CERN were all like “bro we just picked up FTL travel, check it out lol” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon#History permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (1 child) The semi-recent room temperature superconductor reporting and all the buzz around the EMdrive are the two that spring to mind most readily. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tai@piefed.world 12 points 1 month ago My mind went to phosphine on Venus first. I'd forgotten about the EM drive, was always skeptical but hopeful on that one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tai@piefed.world 12 points 1 month ago My mind went to phosphine on Venus first. I'd forgotten about the EM drive, was always skeptical but hopeful on that one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago Oh right, it’s not that tachyons don’t exist it’s that those dudes at CERN were all like “bro we just picked up FTL travel, check it out lol” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon#History permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children) I'm in this picture and I don't like it permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago i hope you recover from being a stick figure 🙏 permalink fedilink source parent [–] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago That’s neat. Congratulations on being a scientist or whatever the specific job title may be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago i hope you recover from being a stick figure 🙏 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Batmancer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago That’s neat. Congratulations on being a scientist or whatever the specific job title may be. permalink fedilink source parent
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