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Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

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Denyse O'Leary
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March 3, 2022
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Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Deepening crisis in particle physics — Rob Sheldon responds

Denyse O'Leary
March 3, 2022
Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
But when theoretical physicists start messing with reductionism, they are messing with the core assumptions of the meaningless universe. Many attempts are in progress to revalidate those assumptions, of course but... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 8, 2019
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Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sabine Hossenfelder on the future of particle physics

Denyse O'Leary
October 8, 2019
Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Hossenfelder: The standard model works just fine with that number and it fits the data. But a small number like this, without explanation, is ugly and particle physicists didn’t want to believe nature could be that ugly. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 8, 2019
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Physicists need courage to confront the Collider dilemma, says boson pioneer

Denyse O'Leary
August 8, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Could the great age of particle physics be coming to an end? That is, not so much a crisis as the beginning of a long, slow decline? That happened to science in many former civilizations. There were high points and then somehow things slowed down. How would we know? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 24, 2019
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Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Hope springs eternal: Are new particles hiding “in plain sight?”

Denyse O'Leary
May 24, 2019
Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Physics
The Large Hadron Collider just keeps confirming the Standard Model, almost as if there was some basis for believing it to be correct. Rob Sheldon thinks the current mood is desperation: If you don't know where you are going, you will certainly arrive. Information is finite, ignorance infinite. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 16, 2019
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Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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Hossenfelder: Now they are marketing non-discoveries as discoveries

Denyse O'Leary
March 16, 2019
Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
If Hossenfelder means that it won’t work scientifically, she is correct. But “won’t work” can be construed in other ways. In the age of the multiverse and "ET’s gotta be out there," it is quite possible for something that is entirely without evidence to retain a place as science. Thus, it should easily be possible for non-discoveries to be marketed as discoveries. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 15, 2019
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Climate change, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Should research funding agencies move resources away from particle physics to fighting climate change?

Denyse O'Leary
March 15, 2019
Climate change, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
You know particle physics is in serious trouble when the idea of just putting the money into climate change instead gets serious face time. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 2, 2019
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Experimental physicist: Particle theory is “in a crisis” and a bigger collider IS the answer!

Denyse O'Leary
January 2, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
So we should do it because we can, not because we really expect to learn very much? It may be that Dorigo is just not a good spokesperson for his position; he spends a good deal of time attacking Hossenfelder and her book. Anyway, somehow, naturalism (nature is all there is) isn’t providing the hoped-for return on investments. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 29, 2018
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Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Will the Large Hadron Collider doom particle physics?

Denyse O'Leary
December 29, 2018
Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
They’ll find the money to continue. Consider: The Standard Model begins with the hated Big Bang. Nothing that supports string theory, eternal cosmic inflation, or a multiverse has been found. Don’t many people just have to keep looking and keep quiet about what they find that wasn’t what they hoped for? Read More ›