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This is why there has been such an uproar over the findings of a recent research project on neutrinos recently conducted at CERN the European Center for Nuclear Research Neutrinos subatomic particles were measured as traveling a distance of 450 miles 720 kilometers 60 nanoseconds faster than it would take a light beam Even this miniscule difference raises the possibility that the speed of light is no longer the upper speed limit of the universe Einstein himself once said that if you could send a message faster than the speed of light quotYou could send a telegram to the pastquot It is a commentary on the speed of the last century39s pace of invention that Einstein used the word telegram but that is something for another column newsletter or even bookSo the science fiction possibility of actual time travel and longstanding ideas of cause and effect might now have to be reconsidered The most published quote in reaction to these findings came from a theorist from CERN Dr Alvaro de Rujula quotIf it is true then we truly haven39t understood anything about anythingquot He further went on to say quotIt looks too big to be true The correct attitude is to ask oneself what went wrongquotThe group that reported the results was the Oscillation Project with Emulsion Tracking Apparatus or Opera The Opera group agreed with Dr de Rujula and said they have published the findings in order to have them scrutinized The findings are so astounding and fundamentally hard to accept that the hope is that they are either corroborated and confirmed with another experiment or that some yet to be found flaw in the measurements of the experiment can be found 100 years of scientific endeavor training and thinking have been called into questionIs this a moment such as finding out that the earth revolves around the sun or that the earth is round Is this one of those times when totally accepted scientific thought is proven wrong Is this one of those moments that decades and centuries from now will be looked upon as a breakthrough threshold of scienceGiven that it was the Opera group that is asking the question we have to say sorry folks that it isn39t over until another scientific team sings If these findings are corroborated then it will most likely be in 2012 What if it was corroborated on 122112 the date that the Mayans said that the world as we know it will changeNote This column was published in the most recent Shift Age Newsletter You can sign up for a free subscription hereDavid Houle is a futurist strategist and speaker He has always been slightly ahead of the curve Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment Most recently David is a featured contributor to Oprahcom Check is out here wwwoprahcomdavidhoule David can be contacted at DavidDavidHoulecomRead all Davidamp8217s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Evolution ShiftCheck us out on Facebook at MediaBizBloggerscomFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBloggerThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentaries

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