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LHC costs, is it worth it?

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Re: LHC costs, is it worth it?
« Reply #20 on: 18/11/2022 10:00:53 »
Quote from: thewowsignal on 18/11/2022 07:56:59
Any plans to answer one of them soon? How much money do you need? :)
Probably more money than is available. But this is no reason to stop searching and if discoveries are found which raise further questions then this is still progress. Would you not agree that its better to continue and try than to give up just because all the answers are not available at this time.
Discovery of the unknown is far more exciting! 
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Re: LHC costs, is it worth it?
« Reply #21 on: 18/11/2022 14:48:30 »
Of course, however the number of unanswered questions grows. It seems more we 'discover', more questions we generate. Is mathematics truly capable of explaining the laws of the Universe?
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Re: LHC costs, is it worth it?
« Reply #22 on: 19/11/2022 20:08:57 »
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Is mathematics truly capable of explaining the laws of the Universe?
Newton's equation F=ma explains a lot about the universe, when combined with his equation about universal gravitation.

Are we capable of explaining everything? No. Much of the universe is outside our light cone, so we would have no way of verifying such a theory, let alone generating it.
- Are we capable of explaining the physics principles underlying everything we see? Maybe - we see with light (electromagnetic radiation), and physics has explored many interactions involving electromagnetic radiation
- Are we capable of explaining the physics principles underlying everything we feel? Definitely not yet! In our galactic orbit, the Sun feels the tug of Dark Matter, and we don't know what that is. The LHC has not yet turned up any likely particles as candidates.
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Re: LHC costs, is it worth it?
« Reply #23 on: 19/11/2022 23:12:52 »
Quote from: thewowsignal on 18/11/2022 14:48:30
Is mathematics truly capable of explaining the laws of the Universe?
Physics is the business of expressing our observations in mathematical terms. What we call the laws of the universe are those equations and inequalities that are true for everything we have observed and predict what we observe next. It's a matter of discovery, not explanation.
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Re: LHC costs, is it worth it?
« Reply #24 on: 30/11/2022 23:52:33 »
It's worth it, and a puny sum compared to military investments.
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