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Re:Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN by dwaltrip on Sunday March 28, 2021 @10:11PM (#26617015)
What’s wrong with adjusting a model designed describe the real world when new data from the real world comes in?
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Re:Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN by witherk on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:00AM (#26617593)
If your model has a lot of wiggle room it can be consistent with anything. Maybe the solar system really does move in epicycles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVuU2YCwHjw&ab_channel=Santi...
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Re:Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN by cjfd on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:02AM (#26618483)
The standard model actually does not have a whole lot of wiggle room. Suggesting that it has suggests to me that the person asserting it does not have the foggiest idea what they are talking about.
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Re:Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN by 19f191ty on Sunday March 28, 2021 @10:59PM (#26617254)
Some people consider the standard model to be a tape job. It can be modified to fit the predictions. But will provide any insights? Thats not necessarily the case. Ability to predict does not equal understanding
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Re:Intriguing new result from the LHCb experiment at CERN by gpderetta on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:01AM (#26619035)
IANAP, but IIRC the standard model was born from the electroweak unification effort and in addition to giving some order to the particle zoo, it predicted the Higgs boson. I think that's a pretty important win.
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