Last week Slashdot linked to an article on Physicsweb that reports on an experiment at the Institute of Theoretical Physics to create superstrings in the lab.
I finally found a chance to look at the original article on ArXiv, and Physicsweb’s article turns out to be misleading. The proposed experiment would simulate a superstring, not actually create one. This is a perfectly legitimate idea, but condensed matter physics is the Tinkertoys of quantum mechanics: you can build almost anything. A simulation of a superstring is a long way away from showing that superstrings really exist.
If payday loan is willing to give the Utrecht researchers “credit” for creating a superstring, I can’t see why Walt is so sceptical.
The previous comment made a lot more sense before Walt deleted the spam from payday loan.
I’m hiding the evidence of my humiliation at the hands of payday loan.