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tybris
on Sept 22, 2011
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Neutrino found traveling faster than speed of ligh...
Whatever happened, there is one thing we can be sure about: No laws of nature were violated in this experiment.
bherms
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The laws of nature weren't broken, but what we think the laws of nature are based on our limited observations certainly could have been.
sp332
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Right, so if conservation of momentum is violated, then it's not a law of nature. That would be quite a discovery!
ars
on Sept 22, 2011
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Considering just how fundamental conservation of momentum is, that would be quite unexpected.
It's even more fundamental than conservation of energy.
kerryfalk
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But that's why it's interesting, because it's possible that that's exactly what happened.
pbz
on Sept 22, 2011
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By definition the laws of nature cannot be broken, only the "laws" we think nature has.
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