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Researchers failed to find evidence of so-called "supersymmetric" particles, which many physicists had hoped would plug holes in the current theory.
Theorists working in the field have told BBC News that they may have to come up with a completely new idea.
Originally posted by Death_Kron
reply to post by justwokeup
Maybe your missing my point, it's a little worrying that a 20 year old theory could actually be nothing but a bag of beans ?
Originally posted by TrueBrit
reply to post by 547000
I hadnt realised that I ought to think that all science is gospel ! I am surely a fan of the scientific explorations of physics chemistry and biology though... perhaps Im doing it wrong... Or perhaps someone ought to learn not to generalise so damned much , that might be a better idea.
Anyone who respects science and understands even the barest scrap of it knows that for one thing, science is full of theories , and that even its laws can bend and break, and others become utterly moot over time. Another thing that anyone who gives a rats behind about scientific discovery knows, is that those who do NOT understand the principles, meaning, and or intention of the scientific community , will always get an inferiority complex over it, and claim all sorts of skullduggery and time wasting by people who are just trying to figure out the universe, rather than accepting ignorance.
Originally posted by PaulMcCartney
reply to post by 547000
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A theory that yields useful predictions isn't necessarily the "truth"
It's a useful tool. Keyword there is "tool"
I try to think of scientific theories and mathematics as tools. Keeps me out of trouble.
Originally posted by Death_Kron
reply to post by justwokeup
Maybe your missing my point, it's a little worrying that a 20 year old theory could actually be nothing but a bag of beans ?