Faster than Light Neutrinos sure ain't Cold Fusion

Lots of people in the news, in university hallways, and even in cartoon form are urging caution against putting too much confidence in the measurement of neutrinos that travel faster than light. Many of them have suggested that the whole thing looks a lot like the ill-fated cold fusion announcement of 1989.

It's certainly true that the superfast neutrino experiment is one of the most surprising and unexpected announcements in the modern history of physics. And as Carl Sagan said,

Faster than Light Neutrinos