[time-nuts] Fast than light neutrino

[Bill Dailey]

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There are three quantities involved here, and most of the coverage
and quite a lot of physicists overlook that:

1. Speed of neutrinos

2. Speed of photons

3. Constant 'c' From relativity.

Until now the assumption have been that 2 = 3, but this is only
an assumption, based on the fact that we had no measurements that
said otherwise.

If 1 > 3, as most press-coverage seems to posit, because they forgot
the above is an assumption, then both the standardmodel and relativity
is in trouble.

If 3 >= 1 > 2, then only the standard model is in trouble, relativity
unaffected.
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This doesn't make sense.  The speed of photons in a vacuum is well established to be c (speed of light).  That is as close to scientific fact as there is.  

Neutrinos are well established to have a speed close to c.   The problem is this is the second instance that i am aware of where they apparently arrive at a detector in an amount of time consistent with an apparent speed of slightly greater than c.

The complicating factor here is they aren't really sure if neutrinos actually have mass.  Therefore they may not need adhere to the mass portion of relativity and hence may be more like photons.  They won't put forth ANY suppositions until they are sure they haven't made a mistake.