暗物质探测跑得比摩尔定律还快，却只看到一个事件

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we would not be in a situation where an analysis chain simply popped an event out of magic because of an AI component. And that was what we stood behind.

我们不会处在这种情况下：分析链因为一个 AI 组件就凭空变出一个事件。而那就是我们要为之背书的东西。

Rick Gateskill5:28

So we just realized we'd utterly failed our students in terms of really telling them about how research works, which is most of the time.

于是我们意识到，我们彻底辜负了学生——没有真正告诉他们研究是怎么运作的，而研究大多数时候就是这样。

Rick Gateskill8:54

if we fired a single dark matter particle, hypothetical dark matter particle, through lead, we could actually pile that lead all the way out to the closest star beyond the sun … and actually go about twice, more than twice that distance, so 10 light years. And even though this dark matter particle was traveling through lead, less than 50-50 chance it would have interacted at that point.

如果我们把一个暗物质粒子、一个假想的暗物质粒子射进铅里，我们可以把铅一直堆到太阳之外最近的恒星……再堆出大约两倍、两倍多的距离，也就是 10 光年。而即便这个暗物质粒子一路穿过铅，到那个位置它发生相互作用的概率也不到一半。

Rick Gateskill16:16

It's just saying that the drift time of the electron and the location of where the electron hits the surface and lights up like a Christmas tree, that's the projection bit.

它说的只是电子的漂移时间，以及电子打到液面、像圣诞树一样亮起来的位置——这就是「投影」那部分。

Speaker45:15

the first rule of physics is not to fool yourself, and the second rule is you're the easiest person to fool.

物理学的第一条规则是不要欺骗自己，第二条规则是你自己是最容易被欺骗的人。

Speaker1:21:11

adjectives don't cut it you have to associate quantitative numbers with things

形容词是不够的，你必须把定量的数字和事物关联起来。

Rick Gaitskell1:26:22

we do so many experiments that you have to get unlucky in terms of a background fluctuation, which is why we often talk about five sigma as being a necessary requirement if you're really going to say a signal is robust enough to claim direct discovery

我们做了这么多实验，总得有人在背景涨落上运气不好，这就是为什么我们常说，如果你真要说一个信号足够稳健、可以宣称直接发现，五西格玛是必要条件。

Rick Gaitskell1:35:38

If an experiment or particular technology wants to work, I call that a low Sisyphean Index.

如果一个实验或某项技术自己想工作，我称之为低西西弗斯指数。

Rick Gaitskell1:57:23

数字与实体

术语

look-elsewhere effect多重比较效应

信号可能出现在很宽的能量范围内，局部显著性需按搜索范围折算成全局显著性。

Sisyphean Index西西弗斯指数

Rick 自造词：技术自己想工作的程度，指数越低越容易推进。

MSSI多点散射单电离

高能伽马在探测器内多次散射却只产生一次电离，可能被误判为暗物质事件。

TPC时间投影室

用电子漂移时间和液面光位置反推相互作用三维位置的探测器。

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