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Results from the Large Hadron Collider show that a "bump" in the machine's data, previously rumoured to represent a new particle, has gone away.
Speaking to journalists in Chicago at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), Prof Charlton said it was a remarkable coincidence - but purely a coincidence - that two separate LHC detectors, Atlas and CMS, picked up matching "bumps".
"It just seems to be a statistical fluke, that the two experiments saw something at the same mass.
"Coincidences are always strange when they happen - but we've been looking very hard at our data to make sure we fully understand them, and we don't see anything in the new sample."
originally posted by: Pearj
Debunkers are going to intentionally flood this topic. The more you engage with them, the further the thread drifts from it's intended conversation - which may be their goal but it's not mine.
originally posted by: TheMaxHeadroomIncident
Results from the Large Hadron Collider show that a "bump" in the machine's data, previously rumoured to represent a new particle, has gone away.
So it was there at first, but now it is not there anymore. So how do you explain this?
Speaking to journalists in Chicago at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), Prof Charlton said it was a remarkable coincidence - but purely a coincidence - that two separate LHC detectors, Atlas and CMS, picked up matching "bumps".
"It just seems to be a statistical fluke, that the two experiments saw something at the same mass.
"Coincidences are always strange when they happen - but we've been looking very hard at our data to make sure we fully understand them, and we don't see anything in the new sample."
I see, so the "bump" was never there, it just happened to be that two seperate detectors both picked up matching bumps by mistake and it is a coincidence.
Coincidences are strange.
The fact that tests showed the existence of data (from two different facilities) - that can't be reproduced now, should raise eyebrows in the scientific community. In fact I think it is... When I read the quotes given by the scientists they seem almost apologetic and baffled.
originally posted by: TheMaxHeadroomIncident
a reply to: Pearj
Also strange considering they have been hyping 2016 as the year of paradigm shifting discoveries and now it turns out the evidence they based this on was a "statistical fluke".
Seems like they're baffled indeed and the best excuse they can come up with is "coincidence".
originally posted by: TheMaxHeadroomIncident
a reply to: Pearj
Yes, with that logic any result they ever produced could be a fluke.
You would think scientific community wouldn't accept 'coincidence' - much less use it as an excuse. Yet there it is - as though science is now coming to grips?
Would you fund experiments where the people you pay say "Well, I don't know how that happened, must be coincidence!" Bull.
It is, however, far too soon to shout “whale ahoy,” physicists both inside and outside CERN said, noting that the history of particle physics is rife with statistical flukes and anomalies that disappeared when more data was compiled.
A coincidence is the most probable explanation for the surprising bumps in data from the collider, physicists from the experiments cautioned, saying that a lot more data was needed and would in fact soon be available.
“I don’t think there is anyone around who thinks this is conclusive,” said Kyle Cranmer, a physicist from New York University who works on one of the CERN teams, known as Atlas. “But it would be huge if true,” he said, noting that many theorists had put their other work aside to study the new result.
originally posted by: TerryDon79
ETA: Also, why did you feel the need to LIE in your OP? The LHC isn't "suspended". There's nothing in the article about it. You made it up.
Happens all the time with different things. Initial results always get hyped up. It's exciting. People want to shout about it.
originally posted by: TheMaxHeadroomIncident
a reply to: TerryDon79
Makes you wonder why scientists hype a discovery if they know it might very well be a statistical fluke. Not very scientific.....
It doesn't say how many times they tested it. Just that 2 tests, done by 2 different teams, got the same result. Kind of like you and a friend rolling a dice and both of you getting a 1. It happens.
Btw, how many times did they test the new discovery? Why don't they explain how such a fluke was even possible.
They don't that is why they do more than one test to try and make sure it wasn't just a coincidence...which is the reason you have the results showing it was a coincidence. Science has never accepted the first results as that is the reason they run more than one experiment to try and replicate the results as they did here. And after adding more data they found they didn't have the same results.
Speaking to journalists in Chicago at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), Prof Charlton said it was a remarkable coincidence - but purely a coincidence - that two separate LHC detectors, Atlas and CMS, picked up matching "bumps". "It just seems to be a statistical fluke, that the two experiments saw something at the same mass. "Coincidences are always strange when they happen - but we've been looking very hard at our data to make sure we fully understand them, and we don't see anything in the new sample."
Happens all the time with different things. Initial results always get hyped up. It's exciting. People want to shout about it.
It doesn't say how many times they tested it. Just that 2 tests, done by 2 different teams, got the same result. Kind of like you and a friend rolling a dice and both of you getting a 1. It happens.
Btw, how many times did they test the new discovery? Why don't they explain how such a fluke was even possible. if they can't explain the fluke how do they know when something is a fluke and when it is legit? Maybe the latest result was a fluke