> which ultimately could allow us to unravel any number of established mysteries. These include the nature of the invisible dark matter that fills the universe, or the nature of the Higgs boson. It could even help theorists unify the fundamental particles and forces...
To this non-physicist, it's not clear at all how this potential discovery might do any of that. From here, it looks like a mininally consequential addendum to the standard model, almost like a single epicycle to a geocentric cosmology. The effect only shifts by a few percent the chance of some obscure and rare interaction. Is it really plausible that it could have such grand implications?
To this non-physicist, it's not clear at all how this potential discovery might do any of that. From here, it looks like a mininally consequential addendum to the standard model, almost like a single epicycle to a geocentric cosmology. The effect only shifts by a few percent the chance of some obscure and rare interaction. Is it really plausible that it could have such grand implications?