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Laurens Gunnarsen
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Laurens Gunnarsen

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Mathematical physicist and mentor to mathematically talented youth. Talent is that which bridges the gap between what can be taught and what must be learned.

Joined June 2012

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    1. David Quintero‏ @davidsuculum 15 Dec 2018
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      I wonder if the superb generation of quantum physicists (Dirac, Heisenberg, Schrödinger, Pauli...) was an exception or the norm. If each generation has physicists like those but they're not so known it could mean there's a limit on what science can do.

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    2. John Carlos Baez‏ @johncarlosbaez 15 Dec 2018
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      "If each generation has physicists like those but they're not so known it could mean there's a limit on what science can do." No, it means there's a limit on what physics can do.

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    3. David Quintero‏ @davidsuculum 15 Dec 2018
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      Yes, thanks for the clarification. Although I have the feeling that the same could be applied in chemistry or biology (but it's only a feeling). Mathematics, however, could be safe from that.

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    4. John Carlos Baez‏ @johncarlosbaez 15 Dec 2018
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      For what it's worth, I think quantum mechanics was "easy" because while it required brilliant new ideas, there were huge wads of numbers waiting to be explained: all the spectral lines of all the elements just for starters, but lots more.

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    5. John Carlos Baez‏ @johncarlosbaez 15 Dec 2018
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      The Standard Model has done a great job of compressing most of our data on particle physics down to a theory with 25 unexplained fundamental constants. Dark matter and dark energy don't fit this theory, but we don't have piles of high-precision measurements about them...

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    6. John Carlos Baez‏ @johncarlosbaez 15 Dec 2018
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      ... so people can make up lots of theories that seem to fit what we know about dark matter and dark energy, but the situation is murky. It may be neutrino experiments that really push us forward: they seem inconsistent at present. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/mystery/ …

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      Laurens Gunnarsen‏ @MathPrinceps 15 Dec 2018
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      I think it is absolutely crucial to acknowledge that there are indeed limits to what physics can do -- and we should rejoice in this, since those limits are what give physics its rigor. Lacking discrepant experimental data, we must acknowledge that we can only speculate.

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        2. John Carlos Baez‏ @johncarlosbaez 15 Dec 2018
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          That's the kind of limit we should rejoice in. What people worry about is that some riddles in physics will never be solved. I think some patience is called for.

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        3. Laurens Gunnarsen‏ @MathPrinceps 15 Dec 2018
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          It is certainly possible that some riddles in physics will never be solved, since some concern phenomena almost surely destined forever to remain beyond the reach of human observation. Even if we do correctly guess the answers to these riddles, we'll never know that we're right.

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