Re: [Phys-l] gravitational waves.

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

 On 10/27/2010 4:05 PM, Hugh Haskell wrote:
> ...the existence of neutrinos was assumed to be settled long before they 
> were actually detected (otherwise, why
> would it have taken 40 years before the feat was recognized by the
> Nobel Committee?)....
>
> Hugh

Had trouble seeing the merit of this syllogism.

1)  Neutrinos were detected long after they were postulated:
THEREFORE
2) It took 40 years to bestow a Nobel on the postulant?

Is this to say that without experimental results, a theory is just a theory?
I guess so: Einstein was given the accolade only for his photoelectric 
effect investigation.
One of his rare experiments not of the gedanken kind....

Brian W