Physics Said These Quantum Particles Couldn't Exist. Now, Math Has Proven They Can
Physics Said These Quantum Particles Couldn't Exist. Now, Math Has Proven They Can
Even for quantum physics, this is weird.
You can prove a lot of things with math. Doesn't mean they're real.
When you predict a new phenomenon from a current model, either you've opened the door to the discovery of this new phenomenon or you've demonstrated a shortcoming in the model. Both are useful to science.
“And math’s just physics unconstrained by precepts of reality ”
Fair point. And another poster voiced his frustration with the headline. And I guess I am not smart enough to realize that this was a poor article.
I'm not being smarmy, I honestly didn't realize it was a bad science article.
As a rule of thumb, you can usually assume anything from iflscience is trash tier.
Very first thing my statistics professor taught us was that numbers will tell you anything you want them to, if you torture them enough.
The renowned physicist Richard Feynman is reputed to have once said that “physics is to math what sex is to masturbation”. Exactly what comparison he was making, he didn’t clarify – but if the orgasm gap is anything to go by, he presumably meant that math is often more fun, more effective, and better at getting the desired result in the face of adverse real-world conditions.
I had to tap out after one paragraph to save whatever brain cells haven't committed suicide yet.
Here's a better media coverage of the same paper https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00030-5
@UniversalMonk They're the idiots for using that headline then. Because fun little interesting fact, moron. This is how science works, including physics. New ideas change old models all the fucking time. The fact you think this is some profound thing shows how smart you really aren't.
@UniversalMonk 'old school physics predicted something that changed as our technology improved' there fixed your idiotic headline. Please stop posting these kinds of stupid if you don't want to be corrected. This is your only warning.
there fixed your idiotic headline
Well, it wasn't my headline. Many communities don't allow changing an article's headline from what's posted. So I just default to using the articles headline.
I'm unsure what you mean by this being my "only warning."
Are you a mod or admin here and are saying that I've stumbled into breaking a rule, and that I have no more chances. Please clarify so I can adapt accordlingly.
Thanks!