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I think you're trivializing the process through which these theories are created. This is incredibly difficult stuff. There is very, very difficult math invol

I think you're trivializing the process through which these theories are created. This is incredibly difficult stuff. There is very, very difficult math involved and there are very difficult tests that have to be done with very expensive machines. These things aren't just made on a lark while have a pint or two one afternoon. And even while creating them, there is no guarantee that even if the math is correct that the theory is correct. Theorists know this. But they do it anyway because we need them to. Its hard work and they don't get enough recognition for it (aside from the few that make it on TV).

effie 10y ago
> But they do it anyway because we need them to. Its hard work and they don't get enough recognition for it (aside from the few that make it on TV). They certainly don't do it because "we need them to". That's not how theoretical physicists and mathematicians think. It's more of a quest for the holy grail for some and more of an interesting puzzle to solve for the others. That's why some of them just can't stop, even if it's overwhelmingly clear that we have no way to create and probe the extreme conditions where something new and unexpected that would guide the theory could happen. Just because the math is hard does not mean they should get more recognition for it - one should look at the fruits of the work for that. It's not wrong to get occupied with solving famous puzzles, but everything in proportion.