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> I don't suspect frontier physics is ever really studied with an eye to application. Previously they did have experimental results they were trying to underst
by ianbicking 10y ago
> I don't suspect frontier physics is ever really studied with an eye to application.
Previously they did have experimental results they were trying to understand. There might be follow up experiments to confirm, but there were already experimental tensions.
> I don't think it's crazy to pursue a model to encompass QM and GR, even if it can't be called "Science".
I'm not so concerned about whether something is science, it just seems like vanity to pursue unification that provides no insight into the complex world around us.
- smallnamespace 10y agoIf calling it science bothers you, then call it mathematics instead. It's obvious to everyone involved that GM and QM, both the best physically verified theories at their respective energies, are deeply incompatible with one another. Unfortunately, physical situations where we can see them disagreeing are outside of our reach at the moment. You're suggesting the entire physics community just give up theorizing until we can plausibly reach unification energies, even if that's a thousand years from now? > it just seems like vanity to pursue unification that provides no insight into the complex world around us Pure theory has a funny habit of finding applications in the most unexpected places. Anyway, if it's an interesting problem, and people want to spend their time thinking about it, who are we to tell them to stop?