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Thread: Nobel Laureate concerned about LHC
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago by Savant
Quote: Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg is worried. It's not that he thinks the LHC will create a black hole that will engulf the planet, or even that the restart will end in a technical debacle like last year's. No: he's actually worried that the LHC will find what some call the "God particle", the popular and embarrassingly grandiose moniker for the hitherto ...
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metalgirl2045 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Weinberg did a talk at CERN a few months ago. It's the only time I've only seen a lecture theatre full about 20 minutes before the start of the lecture (I believe it filled a lot faster for Hawking but I wasn't there). No-one understood much but he seemed to have found a plausible way of potentially reconciling the SM and gravity without any weird stuff.
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Savant replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Quote: Originally Posted by metalgirl2045 a plausible way of potentially reconciling the SM and gravity without any weird stuff. Wouldn't that put Lee Smolin out of a job though?
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metalgirl2045 replied 1 month, 2 weeks ago
A lot of people I know would consider that a good thing. Nothing personal against Smolin.
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Quote: Originally Posted by metalgirl2045 a plausible way of potentially reconciling the SM and gravity without any weird stuff. Wouldn't that put Lee Smolin out of a job though?
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A lot of people I know would consider that a good thing. Nothing personal against Smolin.

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