18 November 2018

Physicists and their Loch Ness monsters

True story: We all know why people around Loch Ness tell the story of a monster: to get tourists there. They invent stories to get money.

Satire: We all know why fundamental physicists tell the story about supersymmetry being a symmetry of nature: to get more funding. They invent stories to get money.

Satire: We all know why solid state physicists tell the story about quantum technology being the future of technology: to get more funding. They invent stories to get money.

Moral of the story: do not confuse the situations: The people around Loch Ness are crooks. The researchers in supersymmetry and into the solid state are honourable. Please treat them with great respect.

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