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atakan_gurkanyesterday at 5:58 AM1 replyview on HN

I disagree, but maybe only because we are using different definitions. For example, we have neutrino oscillations, this requires neutrino mass, which is not part of the standard model of particle physics. In cosmology, there is "lithium problem" (amongst others), which cannot be explained by Lambda-CDM. We know our physical theories are incomplete not only because our mathematical frameworks (GR & QFT) are incompatible (similar to the incompatibility of Maxwell's equations and the Galilean transformations that form the basis of Newtonian mechanics), but also there are these unexplained phenomena, much like the blackbody radiation at the turn of previous century.


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T-Ayesterday at 6:54 AM

> neutrino mass, which is not part of the standard model of particle physics

This is getting tiresome...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46956197