Physicist explains known particles and forces:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170404-the-physics-that-tells-us-what-the-universe-is-made-of

Cave man figured out physics. Kinda lets move on now.

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170404-the-physics-that-tells-us-what-the-universe-is-made-of

Electrons in orbit around the nucleus? Is Bohr's model still alive?

61 (known) particles, and this is only 5% of the universe? Where will better knowledge of black matter and energy lead us?

Not so much cave men physics, is it? 😉

Originally posted by apathist
Cave man figured out physics. Kinda lets move on now.

But it took Newton to discover that objects fall. 🙂

Originally posted by twhitehead
But it took Newton to discover that objects fall. 🙂

Nah, dinosaurs figured that one out 66 million years ago🙂

Originally posted by twhitehead
But it took Newton to discover that objects fall. 🙂

The golden age!

Originally posted by FabianFnas
... Where will better knowledge of black matter and energy lead us?

Not so much cave men physics, is it? 😉

True. We're in the age of Inventing Stuff That Makes Our Math Successful.

I tried turning that into a better acronym, but they got consistently more offensive.

Don't get me wrong. I'm a science fan. But this is a real thing. Think of how we process the incredible amount of data from the particle accelerators.

We're out of our league. Real progress won't happen until ai comes on line.

edit istmoms

Originally posted by apathist
True. We're in the age of Inventing Stuff That Makes Our Math Successful.

I tried turning that into a better acronym, but they got consistently more offensive.

Don't get me wrong. I'm a science fan. But this is a real thing. Think of how we process the incredible amount of data from the particle accelerators.

We're out of our league. Real progress won't happen until ai comes on line.

edit istmoms

And if that AI decides humans know too much already, then what?

Originally posted by sonhouse
And if that AI decides humans know too much already, then what?

Pull the plug?

Originally posted by apathist
Pull the plug?

That would be the first thing an AI more intelligent than the best human would think of. Ok, secret bank account set up by slicing off a bit of the treasury, signing in workers to make a hidden power supply just in case......

Beware of the Skynet!

Originally posted by FabianFnas
Beware of the Skynet!

Forewarned is forearmed. I hope.

Restraining bolt.