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Yeah I just feel like they're talking about a problem they've been unable to solve, rather than a solution. Einstein and Planck just solved stuff, with a fract
by jalapenos 2y ago
Yeah I just feel like they're talking about a problem they've been unable to solve, rather than a solution.
Einstein and Planck just solved stuff, with a fraction of the talk and resources.
Now Physics seems to be so stagnant it's mostly an exercise in making descriptions for the things it's failing at, as though a problem can somehow match the value of a solution if you give it a cool name and talk about it enough.
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- Supermancho 2y ago> Einstein and Planck just solved stuff, Their ideas, solutions, and problems didn't come about from magic.
- smolder 2y ago> Yeah I just feel like they're talking about a problem they've been unable to solve, rather than a solution. That's right. There is not yet a definitive answer on what dark matter is, just several theories. WIMPs, MOND, primordial black holes... > Now Physics seems to be so stagnant Crapping on modern physics for a lack of progress seems a popular thing amongst us lay people, but despite all the credit you give them (and that they deserve,) I doubt Einstein or Planck would have just intuited the right solution to dark matter.
- tekla 2y agoShitting on all of science ever is easy. Actually doing it is hard.
- throwawaymaths 2y agoNo not all of science, just science since 1990-ish
- rcxdude 2y agoThere's been longer periods of worse stagnation in science.