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Re:CERN gears up to ship antimatter across Europe by pezezin on Thursday May 22, 2025 @02:17AM (#44059256)
I work for the control group at another accelerator, so we were visiting and meeting their control guys. Super friendly people all of them, they treated us like kings... and their control centre is bigger than our whole facility xD
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Re:CERN gears up to ship antimatter across Europe by capitol_ on Thursday May 22, 2025 @10:40AM (#44062551)
So they allowed you to know that you are in the control group? Doesn't that introduce bias ;)
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Re:CERN gears up to ship antimatter across Europe by pezezin on Thursday May 22, 2025 @06:33PM (#44067883)
Sorry, I don't understand your comment :/
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Re:CERN gears up to ship antimatter across Europe by cycomanic on Thursday May 22, 2025 @08:33PM (#44068615)
He was referring that in many experiments (especially in medical/biological) you usually have a control group, e.g. the group that is being given a placebo.

Took me a moment to understand it as well :)

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Re:CERN gears up to ship antimatter across Europe by pezezin on Thursday May 22, 2025 @09:25PM (#44068931)
Ah shit, you are right. I worked at a medical research center aeons ago so I should have known, but I am still dizzy from the jet lag xD
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