Faulty News Article

Here is an AP article published on NYTimes.com which makes no sense. How could the ruling out of one possible error in a science experiment which seemed to indicate that Einstein was wrong “shr[i]nk” the odds that Einstein was wrong?:

CERN Excludes 1 Error in Faster-Than-Light Finding

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GENEVA (AP) — The odds have shrunk that Einstein was wrong about a fundamental law of the Universe.

Scientists at the world’s biggest physics lab said Friday they have ruled out one possible error that could have distorted startling measurements appearing to show particles traveling faster than light.

Many physicists reacted with skepticism in September when measurements by French and Italian researchers seemed to show subatomic neutrino particles breaking what Einstein considered the ultimate speed barrier.

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