Far out cosmology: Any explanation for dark matter? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Tuesday, September 06, 2016, 16:11 (2787 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: We have agreed that the Higgs completed a segment of a pattern.-No we haven't. What I have said is the Higgs finished an anticipated pattern. We have no idea what comes next, whether it is an extension of the pattern we see or a totally different pattern but related.-> dhw: However, it is clear that the next segment of the pattern entailed the prediction of WIMPS,-No it didn't. The Higgs was anticipated! The Wimps are totally theoretical, not anticipated.-> dhw: If the Standard Model is our current means of making sense of the universe, it may be that the Standard Model is woefully amiss -It is not woefully amiss. It is a perfect explanation of the particles we have found, no more. Your persistent view is as if you understand the geography of England and think it should help to explain the entire Earth. You may be an Anglophile, but it doesn't work that way.
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> dhw: It may even be that the complete pattern of the universe is as changeable as that of the weather, with both predictable and unpredictable elements.-YES! Remember the quote, 'who ordered that". Later the muons fit in.