From: Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [math-fun] Combining results of scientific experiments -- CODATA claimed to be wrong Message-ID: <CAN57YqveH-4rHSe+UkdOmBi7dA4ZjRy5THkSU2XeVDFMU=tj6g@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
How much difference would your suggestion make to the currently agreed values? WFL
--I do not currently know. Finding out may not be so easy. There are two issues (a) the values and (b) the error bars and their interpretation. Either one changing, is important. A ton of physics papers are based on the claimed error bar of something or another, e.g. muon magnetic moment "disagrees" with theory, hence there "must be new physics such as supersymmetry" and on and on. A ton of that kind of stuff is presumably now bullshit. As a start to make progress: must get ahold of the database of measurements that CODATA must have that underlies all their stuff.