LHC spots no black holes, eliminates some versions of string theory

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/12/lhc-spots-no-black-holes-eliminates-some-versions-of-string-theory.ars

by Nick_C • 16 years ago

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Maro4• 16 years ago

I actually submitted a version of this yesterday, but then deleted it, because it didn't seem relevant to Hacker News. Problem is, there are so many models in String Theory, I don't think this negative result will be a significant detriment for stringy researchers. From what I know, string theory is more of a framework than a concrete theory.

From TFA:

Contrary to some reports, this result doesn't mean the death of string theory, only the particular flavor that predicted black holes at these energies...

nolok• 16 years ago

Is it my understanding that, in such high level physics, getting something proven wrong is never a detriment.

Maro4• 16 years ago

There's definitely hard-to-understand ("high level) physics and easier stuff, but the former shouldn't get extra breaks just because it's overcomplicated... It should be a detriment.

Create• 16 years ago

As it stands, string theory is not even wrong.

There is no scientific proof of it, even though there are many careers based on it. It can make a good living, like religion to priests.

This is just the usual HEP PR mill.

LHC spots no black holes, eliminates some versions of string theory

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