A counterpoint -- neutrino oscillation, dark matter, dark energy, and gravity all exist outside the standard model. If we are to believe that there's some large

A counterpoint -- neutrino oscillation, dark matter, dark energy, and gravity all exist outside the standard model. If we are to believe that there's some larger theory that ties everything together, then there's something missing. That we have done such extensive searches without finding anything is an amazing property of nature. The growing body of experimental null searches serve to provide tighter and tighter constraints on our understanding of nature. If you put your best new idea to the test, and it fails, it's not a failure, it's a success. Now you know your best idea, the one you thought could lead you forward, is a dead end. Your next steps will be better-guided and take you further forward.