[tensor]

You can't test most of high end physics at home. I hope that doesn't mean you don't believe it!

[shub]

A lab publishes an exciting result, what does the physics community do? Wait for replication. Or if you’re LHC, be very careful what you publish.

[sanxiyn]

In theory, there are two separate experiments (ATLAS and CMS) on LHC because of this. In practice, they are probably not independent enough.

[oldgradstudent]

It's probably a good idea to ignore high-end physics results for a few years, though.

The BICEP2 fiasco is a good example why.