Begging The Question On Faster Than Light Particles: Not Tachyons With Imaginary Mass
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 03:03
in Astronomy & Space
There is a widespread misconception which is repeated often these days in the aftermath of the OPERA collaboration’s confirmation of faster than light neutrinos. The misconception is easily stated:“Tachyons, if they actually exist, have imaginary mass, … blah blah blah … therefore OPERA is wrong!”Let us explain what this means in layman’s terms, then see how this argument fails, and afterward discuss that it is one example for a common logical fallacy that basically underpins all the arguments against the OPERA results that we encountered recently. read more