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> One of the biggest problems in physics right now is that there are no experiments (except possibly this one) whose results are at odds with the Standard Model
by DoctorOetker 7y ago
> One of the biggest problems in physics right now is that there are no experiments (except possibly this one) whose results are at odds with the Standard Model.
If we say that new physics comes from inconsistencies (either between theory and experiment, or simply within a theory), then there is plenty of new physics to be done, for example the pretense that an electron is a fundamental particle results in the inconsistency with predicted infinite mass. (I claim to have a solution, but I am sitting on it because I believe with a bunch more effort it can explain the dimensionless number that relates planck charge with electron charge, essentially explaining planck's constant and QM in quasiclassical terms...)
- timthorn 7y agoI assume that your solution is too big to fit in the margin of a Web page?
- fdavison 7y agoDoctorOetker's most recent theorem?
- DoctorOetker 7y agoHah! Fermat's comment indicated a willingness but lack of space. My comment indicates unwillingness because I think I can deduce more from the insight. (resolving the infinite mass inconsistency was not in the original scope of my attempt, it just happened to roll out while trying to deduce the dimensionless ratio) Anyway, the main point I was making was that there is plenty of work to be done, because theres plenty of unresolved problems left. The usual deadlock picture (that theorists can't proceed if experimentalists don't bring new data, and experimentalists can't proceed if theorists don't bring good discriminative tests) hides either laziness or ignorance.