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Originally Posted by mishku
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Very funny.
On a smaller scale this has happened when you write up an innocuous scientific report on a particular problem (let's say a problem in the automotive industry
). The engineers reading the report not understanding the science go into a flap, panic ensures, the report is leaked to the press (for Victorian IIS members bits and pieces of your report end on the 3AW rumour file), the Federal government becomes involved thinking that Australian design rules have been violated.....
You get hauled over the coals by senior management........
Been there done that.
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"Young theorists especially would love to see supersymmetry go down the drain, because it means that the real thing is something they could invent - not something that was invented by the older generation," he said."
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This is what happens when you let physicists run wild with mathematics.
The physicist claim they invent the mathematics, the mathematician however discovers it.
It's no coincidence when physicists come up with the maths, the end result is a vastly complicated ad-hoc mess.
At least Einstein who admitted lacking the mathematical knowledge was greatly assisted by mathematicians such as Hilbert, Minkowski, Grossmann etc.
The end result was a simple and beautiful theory known as General Relativity.
Regards
Steven