Problems with this section; for Frank (Agnosticism)

by Frank Paris , Thursday, November 19, 2009, 18:09 (5482 days ago) @ David Turell

"But one could argue it the other way: if the Higgs is on target for the theory,the fundamentalists can claim God made a beautiful plan of supersymmetry in creating the universe."-They make claims like this already, all the time. They still pull up the design of the eye as an example of God's plan that could not have been formed by evolution, when it was shown how this would be possible 150 years ago. It's enough to put the worst insomniac to sleep.-Anyhow, I'm betting that supersymmetry will be corroborated. It explains so many, apparently unrelated phenomena, so neatly that the scientific community is going to be astounded and demoralized if the theory is refuted.-On the other hand, I saw one analysis that would welcome a refutation of supersymmetry, as it would spark a rich search for something entirely new that would revolutionize our understanding of physics. Corroborating supersymmetry would just be ho-hum, surprising nobody and not stimulating a bunch of new research, especially since taking the next step -- actually looking for evidence for string theory -- is so far beyond our physical capabilities as to remain strictly pie in the sky.