Do Neutrinos Explain Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry?

Re:Do Neutrinos Explain Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry? by Aelinsaar on Friday July 29, 2016 @07:22PM (#12190797)

Someone mentioned in one of the comments here, that the articles with the titles, "Some kind of question?" almost invariably could be summarized by the single word, "No."

...And this one is no exception to that rule, is the end of that sentence.

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Re:Do Neutrinos Explain Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry? by andrewflnr on Saturday July 30, 2016 @12:33AM (#12191657)

Someone correct me if I'm misunderstanding, but it looks like the actual answer to the headline is "95% chance of yes". I actually thought it was remarkable for being a counterexample to Betteridge's law.

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Re:Do Neutrinos Explain Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry? by T0T0R0 on Saturday July 30, 2016 @03:00AM (#12191959)

The rule (betteridge's law) says more about the journalists who craft headlines, than it does about news articles ending in question marks.

99% of journalists using interrogative headlines are not being scrupulous, when they do so. This is especially true, if the question seems shocking, or even slightly surprising, in some way.

A semi-scientific article about neutrinos doesn't carry very much emotional investment among ordinary folk.

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Re:Do Neutrinos Explain Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry? by Aelinsaar on Saturday July 30, 2016 @09:06AM (#12192804)

Betteridge, eh? I thought it was Hinchliffe? I'm so confused. :|

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