BBC:Collider hopes for a 'super' restart / SUSY Weasel Words
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:12 am
Let's start the publicity machine ...
Collider hopes for a 'super' restart
"A senior researcher at the Large Hadron Collider says a new particle could* be detected this year that is even more exciting than the Higgs boson."
http://m.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31476337
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Isn't it a bit lame for trying to reach the headlines with this, while Super Symmetry is now generally considered as a failure.
The Rise and Fall of Supersymmetry
"At this point, the theoretical hoops being jumped through to keep SUSY “viable” (and yes, that belongs in air quotes) given our experimental null results are getting progressively more and more extravagant. I’m not much of a betting man, but if I were, I’d say that SUSY is already dead."
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang ... rsymmetry/
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* A weasel word is an informal term for words and phrases aimed at creating an impression that a specific and/or meaningful statement has been made, when only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word
Collider hopes for a 'super' restart
"A senior researcher at the Large Hadron Collider says a new particle could* be detected this year that is even more exciting than the Higgs boson."
http://m.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31476337
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Isn't it a bit lame for trying to reach the headlines with this, while Super Symmetry is now generally considered as a failure.
The Rise and Fall of Supersymmetry
"At this point, the theoretical hoops being jumped through to keep SUSY “viable” (and yes, that belongs in air quotes) given our experimental null results are getting progressively more and more extravagant. I’m not much of a betting man, but if I were, I’d say that SUSY is already dead."
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang ... rsymmetry/
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* A weasel word is an informal term for words and phrases aimed at creating an impression that a specific and/or meaningful statement has been made, when only a vague or ambiguous claim has been communicated. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel_word