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Reminds me of an interview a cosmologist from my university gave to the CBC around the time the higgs boson was confirmed by the CERN. When asked about real wor
by aaaxyz 6y ago
Reminds me of an interview a cosmologist from my university gave to the CBC around the time the higgs boson was confirmed by the CERN. When asked about real world consequences of the discovery, he answered "None."
- ativzzz 6y agoI mean Heinrich Hertz, who proved Maxwell's electromagnetic wave theory also said "It's of no use whatsoever[...] this is just an experiment that proves Maestro Maxwell was right—we just have these mysterious electromagnetic waves that we cannot see with the naked eye. But they are there." [1] How wrong he was. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hertz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hertz
- ThePhysicist 6y agoIf you had asked Erwin Schrödinger how his wave equation could be commercialized he'd probably wouldn't have had any idea either. 100 years later it's the basis for most of our advanced computer technology. I predict the same thing will happen with the standard model, it's just that we can't see the applications yet because we're not technologically advanced enough.