Re: Physicists have set a new record for the acceleration of electrons

In sci.physics, mmeron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mmeron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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on Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:25:23 GMT
<TRewe.17$45.2291@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> In article <Pjcwe.96622$x96.58569@attbi_s72>, Sam Wormley <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>mmeron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Oh, certainly. What I would like to see is not giving up hope or
>>> effort, just giving up grand pronouncements till there is something
>>> solid to announce.
>>>
>>> Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
>>> meron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | chances are he is doing just the same"
>>
>> The "grand pronouncement" is a hype from the paper in
>> Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 245001 . I generally agree that what
>> we often hear about is an exaggeration or speculation
>> designed to get public attention. So is it better not to
>> hear about it at all until it's established science?
>>
> No, why? Results should be presented. Hype should be avoided.

I've often wondered why it was called *ahem*...

....hyperspace.

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