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http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/arch...p?comicid=1174

Originally Posted by renormalised

I agree. All it takes is for one physicist to say something outrageous to himself and next minute some journo has jumped on the bandwagon taking the comments for gospel. This event was most probably the case of a few of the physicists getting a little ahead of themselves and the journos, not having a clue at what was being said, taking the comments for the usual grand pronouncements they expect from these scientists....

"Ah, we haven't found the evidence for MSSM. It mustn't exist, therefore...". It's much like saying, "My car won't turn over, therefore I don't have an engine in my car".

What the journos hear is, "GRAND PRONOUNCEMENT: The great God of Particle Physics decrees that MSSM does not exist, because I said so and so does my particle accelerator."

The facts get lost in the translation and the speculation.