• LaughingLion [any, any]
    ·
    1 year ago

    they literally did do that

    the first particle accelerator was built like over a decade later

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      I'm not saying a particle accelerator was used to test the theoretical underpinnings of nuclear power. I'm saying testing was done, that is, they did not "accomplish[] all of that with the theoreticals." They just used earlier tools.

      To test modern physics, many (not all) physicists say the tool they need is an accelerator.