Reply #88: what is simply is is not an answer -or is it these days in nuclear phy :-) [View All]

we agree the math of the big bang does not describe creation.

And I think creation is a real question - while what is simply is is not an answer that was permitted on any exam I ever took.

As an aside, "Many years ago..." implies you went thru the partical zoo of the 60's and 70's. Any thoughts on the apparent hope for a new particle zoo via the EU's new toy when it comes on line? Has string theory actually produced a prediction of a new something - last I looked - years ago - it was all mind games and equations that could not be solved.

If all this money is just for Higgs - then where do we go from either a proof or dis-proof of Higgs? The dark matter, Dark energy, and gravity particle questions do not seem up for solution via this new toy - or am I just not understanding the plan?

Also a friend at U MD had a contract 15 years ago with a company in Japan to test a reactor based on qm's blink in and out of existence interpretation - I have not followed squat of late since I got this political bug in my bonnet. Have any new reactor designs been tested? Actually what I am asking for are some links on the topic -

Indeed it is a good thing I went down the actuarial road - as I know I would not have been up to the challenge of nuke science.

In any case - if we end up in the same old folks home, I promise to work on converting you to a theist. Till then I'll use DU for other objectives!

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:-)