Earlier this year, the finding that certain subatomic particles called neutrinos might break one of the most fundamental laws of physics sent scientists worldwide into a frenzy.  Since the time the discovery was made, many have doubted the authenticity or reliability of the conditions in which this detection was noted not merely because it appeared to defy Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity but, if true, the finding opens up the possibility of being able to send information back in time.   This would of course blur the line between past and present and could utterly destroy cause and effect as we have come to depend upon them.

So, what is wrong with neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light?  Let’s think about this for a moment.  Renowned physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili of the University of Surrey  said that if the findings “prove to be correct and neutrinos have broken the speed of light, I will eat my boxer shorts on live TV”.  Now, you tell me that this man is not in trouble if it turns out to be correct.  Eating one’s shorts on television is disturbingly problematic on a whole array of fronts.  I, for one, would hate to have to live up to such bravado.