On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > > [...] > > Also, we could say that the discovery of the Higgs boson, if confirmed, is > disappointing, as it only confirms the theory, and so we learn nothing (to > think in the Deustch's manner).
This is wrong. Of course in confirming theories you learn things; otherwise it is strictly not necessary to even do the confirmation. And note that a non-trivial part of the benefit of doing work like the LHC is the applications of the processes and techniques that got us to this point. In some sense it's "more interesting" if it is The Higgs Boson with additional "interesting" properties; but to consider it "disappointing" to vindicate a theory is to kind of question the entire business of science [if that's your aim, so be it, but within context it's not sensible]. > Bruno > >> Onward! >> >> Stephen >> >> "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed." >> ~ Francis Bacon >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. >> > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- Noon Silk Fancy a quantum lunch? https://sites.google.com/site/quantumlunch/ "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being this signature." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
