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That's the point.

At the time it was very significant results, just like this one.

Turned out someone hadn't plugged a piece of equipment in right and it was very precisely measuring that flaw in the experiment.

You can't look at any 8 sigma result and just state that it must necessarily be true. Your theory may be flawed or you may not understand your experiment and you just have highly precise data as to how you've messed something else up.




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