tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post7564826088044997103..comments2024-03-27T20:43:05.862-07:00Comments on The Eternal Universe: 75% Chance of Laboratory Detection of Dark Matter ReportedJoseph Smidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-15228531257465677972009-12-18T09:55:18.311-08:002009-12-18T09:55:18.311-08:00Nick it's true. I think it stinks as well. I...Nick it's true. I think it stinks as well. I could see the need for at least 3 sigma, and possibly even 4 but 5 to me seems too much. <br /><br />I have a hard time thinking if you had a 4 sigma excess that you haven't discovered something other than a statistical fluctuation. And even 3 should grab your attention.Joseph Smidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-65787309054288892522009-12-18T09:51:42.529-08:002009-12-18T09:51:42.529-08:00Oh you picky particle people.
In the good old d...Oh you picky particle people. <br /><br />In the good old days of astronomy Hubble's law was formulated based on a fit that was clearly not 5-sigma accurate. Now you cosmologists and particle physicists actually want to be careful with statistics and suck all the fun out of life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367937708444729356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4212234230338648875.post-75763721164713006452009-12-18T09:38:53.543-08:002009-12-18T09:38:53.543-08:00What, not a 5 sigma detection in a Nature paper as...What, not a 5 sigma detection in a Nature paper as the original rumors would lead us to believe!!! <br /><br />Be honest, how many of your schools had people placing bets on how big of a deal this announcement would turn out to be?<br /><br />75% is interesting, unfortunately, the particle community has settled on a 5-sigma excess to be the rule for detection. <br /><br />Perhaps in the future we will have a discovery as I believe they still have more data to collect.Joseph Smidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02583891162785742138noreply@blogger.com