"Extraordinary Claims, The 0.000029% Solution" And The 38 MeV Boson AT ICNFP 2014
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 02:40
in Physics & Chemistry
Yesterday I gave a lecture at the 3rd International Conference on New Frontiers in Physics, which is going on in kolympari (Crete). I spoke critically about the five-sigma criterion that is nowadays the accepted standard in particle physics and astrophysics for discovery claims. My slides, as usual, are quite heavily written, which is a nuisance if you are sitting at the conference trying to follow my speech, but it becomes an asset if you are reading them by yourself post-mortem. You can find them here (pdf) and here (ppt) . read more