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Talkback with Brooke Alvarez on... Physics
Hello, I'm Brooke Alvarez
and I'm answering your questions today.
The first one here says: "Brooke, do you like cheese?"
Yes, I do. Good question. Let's do the next one.
This comes via Facebook from Adam Ferrill.
He says: "Girrrrrrl, do you think the lack of groundbreaking results
from the Large Hadron Collider is a sign
that the Standard Model has been a successful example
of theory anticipating experiment?
Interesting. Well, it's certainly plausible
that the Standard Model's fallibility
lies within our compulsion
to treat this particular particle physics theory
as a soothsayer of sorts
in determining the amalgam of data that we expect to gather.
And I think the failure of the Large Hadron Collider
to discover the elusive Higgs boson
already challenges the Standard Model's veracity.
However, that being said, our hadron collider
in the basement of the Facts Zone
is actually yielding some amazing results
and it just took our maintenance man Dave
giving it a few whacks with a wrench.
So maybe that will do the trick.
If you'd like to ask me a question
tweet it to my handle @Brookealvarez
or post it to my Facebook wall.
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