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Agreed. However, rather than ignoring the experiment, I think it would be better to encourage scientists to understand why.

“Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.” ― Enrico Fermi

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I didn't suggest ignoring the experiment. I'm just setting a baseline for how important this result is.

Well, if it's experimental error, then we learn a bit more about how to properly and carefully conduct experiments. If it's not experimental error, though...

Unfortunately, you have to look into it carefully to find out whether it's experimental error or something more interesting.

And, to return to Everhusk's first post: Experimental error can result in an "anomaly". The experiment is not returning the results we expect. That's an anomaly. An anomaly doesn't have to be new physics.

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