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Any results are consistent with supersymmetry because supersymmetry is not a theory, it is a family of theories, entirely analogous to Ptolemaic epicycles. For
by lisper 5y ago
Any results are consistent with supersymmetry because supersymmetry is not a theory, it is a family of theories, entirely analogous to Ptolemaic epicycles. For any set of data you can contrive a supersymmetric theory that fits that data. But the claim that was made for the LHC was that it would either produce evidence in favor of a particular set of supersymmetric theories, or that supersymmetry would be considered falsified. Neither of those things has happened.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96VECuUXbEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96VECuUXbEs particularly starting at the 6:20 mark (but the whole thing is well worth watching).