So Veeky Forums, I recently discovered something which questions established theory...

So Veeky Forums, I recently discovered something which questions established theory. I have all the data to back it up and the experiment is easily repeatable. How do I approach my professor about this when its his established theory?

respectfully and cautiously

I have a meeting with him next Monday morning. I'm literally shaking. I have double checked everything and am pretty sure my experiment was done right. Even got some 1st year students to work on it without letting them know what it was they were doing, but the results check out. I'm worried my discovery may upset some startup memes my professor is directly invested in.

Generally, if you think you've disproved some major element of a field of study, you're probably wrong.

That said, you NEED to talk to someone about it. If you're right, this is a major discovery. And if you're wrong it's an opportunity to correct your understanding of the science.

Rather than approaching the lead in this area, if you're worried you could always go to another scientist to verify your data/math/whatever before talking to the expert.

good luck

You should keep quiet and keep it to yourself! You don't want to rock the boat.

1) Buy a wizards hat.
2) Prepare explanation for your discovery.
3) Make educational videos and upload to youtube. ( Don't forget to wear the wizard hat while explaining !)
4) Profit!

Listen up, instead of being wrong and embarassing yourself to a small community you should send it to a big journal. If you're right you get published, if you're not you're just among 95% that were rejected.

Upload it to vixrA

Post it on Veeky Forums.