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Re:The plot thickens for a hypothetical “X17” particle by knzhou on Friday November 29, 2019 @08:39PM (#21667953)
You need to look at the source. Most Forbes content is bad, but this is Ethan Siegel's blog, which is usually pretty good.

The CERN article is also good, and the two don't actually contradict each other -- nobody is rebutting anybody else. An anomaly which has only a 5% chance of holding up still is extremely exciting. Probably not worth all the media attention it randomly got, but definitely worth more investigation by physicists.

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Re:The plot thickens for a hypothetical “X17” particle by saalweachter on Saturday November 30, 2019 @12:46AM (#21668774)
It's that moment where they're about to draw the last number of this week's lottery and you've matched every number so far.
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