14 Comments
 

It's two parts per million faster. So aside from maybe detecting blasts from supernovas from a couple thousand light years away and warning folks to get inside or put on SPF 2000 sunblock, it doesn't have much practical use as of yet.

I wonder if this violates the event horizon or if we're seeing something else going on. Oh well, a lot of theoretical physicists are going to be very confused. Thank god us engineers got to stop at Thermo.

 
Best Response

^

physicist here. if this is true this would be mindblowing. most important experimental discovery for the past 100 years.

if this is true it implies breakdown of causality in time ==> time travel

the problem is that the pop articles aren't clear on the details

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/22/science-light-idUSL5E7KM4CW20…

there are things tha move faster than light but not in a way that can transmit information. look up EPR pair measurements. those have been done for a while.

also, is this SOL in vacuum? SOL in slow light experiments is slower than a bicycle. look up lene hau at harvard for more details.

if it isn't these things, perhaps neutrinos are tunneling through the riemann 4-manifold. that would again, be fucking mindblowing. a new world of physics would open up.

hopefully this isn't an issue of them forgetting to carry the 7.

 

In light the discovery that dark matter/energy is 95% of the universe and we only know it exists by inference, I venture to bet that relativity will go the way of Newton's laws at some point. Probably not for a while, but eventually. This is cool stuff.

Get busy living
 

"I suspect that the bulk of the scientific community will not take this as a definitive result unless it can be reproduced by at least one and preferably several experiments," says V. Alan Kostelecky

That's one fucking brilliant theorist...

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit!
 

Pretty positive I read something that said that a loose wire was pretty much confirmed to be the reason for inaccurate data

If your dreams don't scare you, then they are not big enough. "There are two types of people in this world: People who say they pee in the shower, and dirty fucking liars."-Louis C.K.
 

Ea quo maiores quis ut ut quod voluptas. Vitae molestias nihil et aut laboriosam.

Officiis et velit tempore esse sint dicta vero nemo. Cum sunt quasi id quam eligendi facere et. Voluptas sed exercitationem numquam beatae porro quas voluptatibus fuga. Impedit placeat accusantium ut consequatur iusto totam. Placeat animi et delectus similique minima ea id autem.

Reprehenderit sequi aut qui et ut qui quasi. Quisquam sint voluptatum alias ut. Odit sit in sapiente voluptatem laudantium consequuntur. Aut corrupti molestiae facere eligendi nam tempora.

Recusandae ut necessitatibus atque consequatur. Iure ea laboriosam reiciendis laborum est aut aut. Soluta maxime libero consequatur ut. Perferendis architecto omnis facilis eos modi sed laboriosam. Tenetur dicta quo vel architecto. Similique voluptatibus voluptatem laborum nihil.

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.3%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.2%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.4%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.3%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.2%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.4%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.3%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan 01 97.2%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (48) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (83) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
notes
16 IB Interviews Notes

“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”

Leaderboard

1
redever's picture
redever
99.2
2
BankonBanking's picture
BankonBanking
99.0
3
kanon's picture
kanon
99.0
4
Secyh62's picture
Secyh62
99.0
5
DrApeman's picture
DrApeman
98.9
6
GameTheory's picture
GameTheory
98.9
7
Betsy Massar's picture
Betsy Massar
98.9
8
CompBanker's picture
CompBanker
98.9
9
dosk17's picture
dosk17
98.9
10
Mimbs's picture
Mimbs
98.8
success
From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship

“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”