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I'm no theorist, so this is perhaps my jaded view, but right now my impression is that the phase space of theories is too large for someone to have a single pre

by cozzyd 8y ago

I'm no theorist, so this is perhaps my jaded view, but right now my impression is that the phase space of theories is too large for someone to have a single prediction. The situation seems more like the LHC experiments are looking for ANY potential discrepancies with the standard model and then theorists will happily write up some reason for why it has to be that way. I went to a conference a few years ago where the LHC experiments announced that previous hints of a discrepancy with the SM evaporated with more statistics, which resulted in a whole session of theorists having to cancel / completely redo their talks.

the8472 8y ago
> The situation seems more like the LHC experiments are looking for ANY potential discrepancies with the standard model and then theorists will happily write up some reason for why it has to be that way. Until recently they were mostly looking for specific deviations predicted by extensions. They only recently announced that they're now going for a broader search.
whatshisface 8y ago
>theorists will happily write up some reason for why it has to be that way. They'll write down a model that describes it, which is all theorists' job to begin with.