28 July 2012

Men at Strings 2012

The talks at Strings 2012 (see here) are worth following, if you want to see a group of older men in their 50s telling how nature should be, even though nature is in fact different. If you listen to the talks, you will get goose skin. Ideology really does bad things to smart people.

Update: For a positive exception, look at the pdf by Sandra Kortner; it gives an excellent summary of LHC results. All these experimental results show that there is nothing beyond the standard model.

4 comments:

  1. Clara,

    You say "All these experimental results show that there is nothing beyond the standard model."

    But Sandra Kortner clearly acknowledges that explorations at the LHC are in an early stage (and she is not the only one of this opinion). Many surprises may still surface, it is really premature to close the books...

    Cheers,

    Ervin

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  2. Yes, surprises may surface. But so far, they didn't. We'll see!

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  3. Here is an interesting link:

    http://profmattstrassler.com/2012/08/07/a-real-workshop/#more-4147

    It shows how early in the game we really are, on both experimental and theoretical fronts.

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  4. Thank you. I kind of like the way that Strassler piles questions over questions on every tiny issue. We will know more in a few months already. The LHC is running well.

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