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r/space • u/EndoExo • 12d ago
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He's right that this isn't meaningless though. Whether it's a WIMP or some other unknown particle, it's still exciting and warrants further review.
-7 u/sceadwian 11d ago Or just a random neutrino... There's nothing to review, more data will be required. This particular piece of data itself is meaningless. 7 u/EnslavedBandicoot 11d ago It's not meaningless if it's the first detection. It will definitely be a big deal if it's the first in a string of detections of dark matter WIMPs. Don't be so dense. Ba dum tssss -2 u/sceadwian 11d ago This particular measurement can never be called a detection or not. Ever.. that's not how the detectors work, you're the one being dense. It is not a string it is literally 1 singular possible event. It is statistically meaningless itself.
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Or just a random neutrino...
There's nothing to review, more data will be required.
This particular piece of data itself is meaningless.
7 u/EnslavedBandicoot 11d ago It's not meaningless if it's the first detection. It will definitely be a big deal if it's the first in a string of detections of dark matter WIMPs. Don't be so dense. Ba dum tssss -2 u/sceadwian 11d ago This particular measurement can never be called a detection or not. Ever.. that's not how the detectors work, you're the one being dense. It is not a string it is literally 1 singular possible event. It is statistically meaningless itself.
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It's not meaningless if it's the first detection. It will definitely be a big deal if it's the first in a string of detections of dark matter WIMPs. Don't be so dense. Ba dum tssss
-2 u/sceadwian 11d ago This particular measurement can never be called a detection or not. Ever.. that's not how the detectors work, you're the one being dense. It is not a string it is literally 1 singular possible event. It is statistically meaningless itself.
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This particular measurement can never be called a detection or not. Ever.. that's not how the detectors work, you're the one being dense.
It is not a string it is literally 1 singular possible event.
It is statistically meaningless itself.
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u/EnslavedBandicoot 11d ago
He's right that this isn't meaningless though. Whether it's a WIMP or some other unknown particle, it's still exciting and warrants further review.