For some brief instant, it probably isn't even in this universe. Maybe not even in the multiverse. But, it isn't oscillating. At least not like a pendulum.
This is a very new theory, of oscillating neutrinos. What, July of this year, correct? And it addresses a fundamendtal issue about the usefulness of the standard model. I will wait for more evidence.
In the meantime, I am open minded. Niels Bohr once remarked, when confronted with an unorthodox theory, that the problem was not whether it was crazy, but whether it was crazy enough to be true. Modern science, especially physics, is replete with outlandish ideas that defy common sense and intuition. It is almost impossible for the non-scientist to discriminate between the legitimately weird and the outright crackpot. If black holes, antimatter and virtual quantum particles are taken seriously, why is faster-than-light travel or extra-sensory perception pooh-poohed by scientists? |
