Well, accelerator physicists work with particle physicists who do understand these things. More often than not particle physicists don't understand how the acc

Well, accelerator physicists work with particle physicists who do understand these things. More often than not particle physicists don't understand how the accelerator works. Particle physics is complicated, and so is the LHC. I am not sure it's right to expect people to be experts on both, it's surely better for people to specialise. Regarding Hossenfelder: I think she is an iconoclast and arch contrarian.