On Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 2:43:29 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 5:29 PM Philip Thrift <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> One thing I might try to convince people of: >> >> *Physics is fiction.* >> >> Vic Stenger would have said "Physics is models". >> >> There are always alternative models, and new ones likely coming in the >> future. >> >> To find *reality in a model* (to make truth claims in the vocabulary of >> a model) is a form of religious fundamentalism. >> > > I've got nothing against models, or against thinking of physics as models. > But it does seem to me important that the models actually work. Or else you > are in la la land. > > Bruce >
We know the Standard Model doesn't "work". Physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) refers to the theoretical developments needed to explain the *deficiencies of the * *Standard Model <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model> ...* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_beyond_the_Standard_Model Physicists seem to conflate "work" and "truth". @philipthrift -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/009c3312-be73-435f-9f57-49deeb4c6221%40googlegroups.com.
