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Is fundamental physics really experiencing a Great Stagnation? In this threa… | |
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@johncarlosbaez why not start with Coulomb and include 19th century though?(hal… | |
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The really shocking thing is how much the first two decades of fundamental phys… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I'm having trouble understanding the English description of… | |
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The period from 1920 to 1940 was just as explosive in fundamental physics.In 19… | |
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In fundamental physics, the period from 1940 to 1960 looks a bit slower than th… | |
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The period from 1960 to 1980 was the heyday of particle physics! This is whe… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I got into the field right after this and I was excited by all … | |
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The gusher of new fundamental physics slowed in 1980. Indeed, from this time … | |
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@johncarlosbaez I think you have neglected the progress in nuclear physics &… | |
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By 2000 the Great Stagnation in fundamental physics was well underway. Yes, t… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I've been seeing a new theory that says matter causes time … | |
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@cdunnpasadena - a lot of work on nuclear physics helped lead to the fundamenta… | |
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@mattmcirvin - is there such a thing as an "extinction burst" in biol… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I'm currently doing my PhD in theoretical physics / cosmolo… | |
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@johncarlosbaez Can't tell you how much I love your posts. Don't you pu… | |
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@johncarlosbaez Strictly speaking Pauli had postulated a neutrino to explain th… | |
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@johncarlosbaez It's from psychology: when you take away the reward for som… | |
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@johncarlosbaez And the pop science news always emphasizes the papers making ex… | |
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@RnDanger @johncarlosbaez I think this is the paper you are referring to: https… | |
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@nu @johncarlosbaez The things I've seen about it probably referenced that,… | |
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@johncarlosbaez aren‘t you approaching „physics“ a little myopic? I was o… | |
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@johncarlosbaez Of course you are free to draw the line where you like, but wit… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I skimmed the beginning of this post and started wondering what… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I think another thing that ought to be mentioned is the brain d… | |
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@johncarlosbaez The years on this are interesting, some of these things I'd… | |
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@johncarlosbaez That’s a lovely overview, thanks! | |
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@johncarlosbaez The galaxies spinning faster than expected… I’m sure it’s… | |
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@johncarlosbaez These are just the ones I can think of from the last 10 or so y… | |
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@johncarlosbaez - Thanks for another wonderful thread. Here's a question, t… | |
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@johncarlosbaez My condensed-matter sensibilities bristle at the association of… | |
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@jsdodge @johncarlosbaez I don't think anyone ever means it as a slight to … | |
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@dougmerritt @johncarlosbaez I hope it was clear that I wasn’t suggesting tha… | |
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@jsdodge @dougmerritt - btw, I mean something quite specific by "fundament… | |
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@cmd_word_wet - Thanks! I could argue about why most of those aren't on my… | |
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@alizter There was actually a recent thread by @johncarlosbaez that was sort of… | |
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@internic @alizter - yes, I talked a bit about the causes of the Great Stagnati… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I’d be tempted to add the strong CP problem to your list. Sur… | |
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@andrewg - my list is not a list of problems with existing theories. I do hav… | |
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@hudsoch - great, thanks! | |
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@mattmcirvin @johncarlosbaez What are your thoughts on the recent timescape mod… | |
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@metarecursive wrote: "what are your thoughts on the recent timescape mode… | |
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@metarecursive @mattmcirvin - Luckily Wikipedia points out that @startswithaban… | |
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@johncarlosbaez @metarecursive Thanks, I hate having to bend over backwards to … | |
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@mattmcirvin @metarecursive - Wiltshire's new paper looks very sophisticate… | |
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@johncarlosbaez @metarecursive @startswithabang like I said, the one before thi… | |
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@mattmcirvin - there's an ecosystem of physics reporters who don't know… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I am missing the experimental evidence of black holes somewhere… | |
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@j_bertolotti - Or i should remove the items about gravitational waves, because… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I'm always amazed by differing perceptions of the history I… | |
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@DudeDarkmatter - I picked 1998 because I was paying no attention to this at th… | |
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@johncarlosbaez Fair enough. I think 1998 is the year people will remember, whe… | |
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@johncarlosbaez Reminds me of that long stream of papers claiming positive resu… | |
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@DudeDarkmatter - I hope those are not 'fundamental laws' in my sense. … | |
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@mattmcirvin - @gregeganSF used to be a reluctant expert on the EmDrive, starti… | |
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@johncarlosbaez @gregeganSF bullshit needs to be called out, regardless of who … | |
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@johncarlosbaez @gregeganSF ...it used to frustrate me that it was so hard to e… | |
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@johncarlosbaez @mattmcirvin @metarecursive @startswithabang Even if you know a… | |
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@johncarlosbaez @metarecursive @mattmcirvin I love how non-experts see what I w… | |
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@llewelly - Wikipedia is pretty good, and usually points to sources, so I often… | |
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@johncarlosbaez oh, I agree, I lean quite heavily on wikipedia, and on its sour… | |
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@llewelly - yup! I may tend to look up information on calmer topics. | |
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@mattmcirvinWell, how is basic, fundamental research monetised?Let's be hon… | |
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@yacc143 @mattmcirvin @johncarlosbaez Typically through government grants (NSF,… | |
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@nonlinear - you didn't link your post to the one you're commenting on,… | |
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@johncarlosbaez I understand your reluctance, as it took me decades to admit th… | |
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@DudeDarkmatter - if they are fundamental laws in the sense I mean, then the wh… | |
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I'm confused, @DudeDarkmatter you compared these to Kepler's laws, but… | |
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@johncarlosbaez Strange. It looks linked in my UI. I'm not sure how to fix … | |
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@nonlinear - the only way to fix it is to repost it. Anyway, at least the 3 pe… | |
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@johncarlosbaez you're telling me it can't be true in theory. I'm t… |