• hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    It better be more than that. The last few major experimental discoveries in fundamental physics have been "axtually the standard model is fine, we don't need to meaningfully extend it". Like as much as I find string theory and SUSY theories strange and confusing, the fact that high energy physics has been getting away with at most coming up with new particles for like 40 years is kind of depressing.

    • Henle [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      "Everything is made of tiny vibrating strings " -statement dreamed up by the utterly deranged

    • Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Well, scientists also always say that the Standard Model doesn't seem to be complete, there is stuff that is unaccounted for. Not just dark matter/energy, even basic interactions between quantum mechanics and gravity are mostly a mystery.