Path: ...!feed.opticnetworks.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bill Sloman Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Fun physics writeup Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:57:42 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:57:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1236ab842aa8558cc41d140afb35f582"; logging-data="1621282"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19EvGegaCTb/eK5DXjiNctotyAXZVW+rPs=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:agKk8xTxB2/bvE/4p1enjM+HI+s= Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 240612-0, 12/6/2024), Outbound message In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 1819 On 12/06/2024 3:07 pm, Jan Panteltje wrote: > Neutrinos: The inscrutable “ghost particles” driving scientists crazy > They hold the keys to new physics. If only we could understand them. > https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06/neutrinos-are-infuriating-but-we-still-have-to-study-them/ They aren't driving anybody crazy. But claiming that they were was a neat way of structuring a popular science progress report. Jan Panteltje isn't a sophisticated reader, and still has hopes the the neutrino - or a neutrino - might work as Le Sage's famous mechanical explanation of gravity. -- Bill Sloman, Sydney -- This email has been checked for viruses by Norton antivirus software. www.norton.com