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What's wrong with Particle Physics? - Sabine Hossenfelder (youtu.be)

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Particle Physicists make new models to solve problems that don't exists which are soon proven wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but I could hypothesize anything. We don't test every conceivable hypothesis. We test those that could explain what can't already be explained. A lot of the driving factors behind these hypothesized particles are to fix problems that don't really exist. Or that's what she says anyway.