Modern physics is in a state of confusion/crisis described by ChatGPT below.
The crisis is manifested as a combination of megalomania of Biggest Possible such as Big Bang, and pettiness of Smallest Possible measurements of Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation CMBR and gravitational waves by Laser Inferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory LIGO, while leaving out the World in between.
CMBR claims to measure variations of radiation from a cosmos at 2.7 K which are $10^{13}$ times smaller than radiation from the Earth at 270 K, with the Milky Way blocking most of input from cosmos asking for heavy post processing as shown in the above image.
LIGO claims to be able to detect changes in length over a distance of 4 kilometres of size $10^{-19}$ meters caused by the merger of two massive black holes.
The claimed precision of these measurements is mind-boggling. Is it credible? No.
Big Bang is supposed to be confirmed by CMBR. Einstein's theory of gravitation is supposed to be confirmed by LIGO. Biggest Possible is thus confirmed by Smallest Possible. Is it credible? No.
Viewed the other way around, Biggest Possible is supposed to have Smallest Possible effects. Is it credible? No.
Compare with the famous mathematician Laplace master of the Infinitesimal Calculus by Napoleon promoted to be the Minister of the Interior in 1799, but removed from this post after six weeks, because he brought
- the spirit of the infinitely small into the government thus showing an incapacity for administration.
Is there any hope of reducing confusion by avoiding the extreme and staying rational? Maybe. Why not give Real Quantum Mechanics and Neo-Newtonian Cosmology a try.
Modern Physics and Confusion according to ChatGPT:
- Quantum Mechanics: Foundational issues such as the measurement problem, wavefunction reality, and nonlocality remain unresolved. Competing interpretations (Copenhagen, Many-Worlds, Bohmian mechanics, etc.) offer differing worldviews, none universally accepted.
- Quantum Gravity: Efforts to unify quantum mechanics with general relativity have yet to succeed, leading to multiple speculative theories like string theory and loop quantum gravity. These theories are elegant mathematically but lack experimental confirmation, adding to the sense of uncertainty.
- Cosmology: Dark matter, dark energy, and the nature of the Big Bang challenge our understanding of the universe. These phenomena point to gaps in current models.
- Particle Physics: After the discovery of the Higgs boson, the Standard Model remains incomplete (e.g., it doesn’t explain gravity, dark matter, or neutrino masses). The absence of new particle discoveries has led to concerns about theoretical stagnation.
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