In private, many physicists admit they do not believe the particles they are paid to search for exist, says physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

Interesting analysis from my favorite severe no nonsense physics youtuber gal (who also used to randomly post vids of her doing cover songs to peoples' general confusion lol).

Good bit at the end speculating on the material economic basis for this (useless) way of doing science. People make careers on this fluff that amounts to nothing.

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Since the 1980s, physicists have invented an entire particle zoo, whose inhabitants carry names like preons, sfermions, dyons, magnetic monopoles, simps, wimps, wimpzillas

    Does the existence of a simp particle pre-suppose the existence of an E-girl particle?

    I would like $8 billion to find out.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      You'd think so, but SIMPs only interact with themselves, and have no effect on electromagnetic charged particles, regardless if they're Top or Bottom.

      So an E girl particle would ignore them entirely.

    • counsel [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I wonder how that got past the filter. I thought the word "simp" was banned.