Composite models in the making March 22, 2007
Posted by dorigo in Blogroll, internet, mathematics, physics, science.11 comments
Carl Brannen posted today a long comment in a recent post I wrote about the Koide mass formula. He is working at composite models of fermions which would sidestep the existence of the Higgs.
I must say I do not understand much about his ideas, but I find it a cool sideline - and these days, sidelines cannot be sidestepped, jokes aside. We are stuck with a beautiful toy - the Standard Model of electroweak interactions - of which we have grown tired of, but it does not seem to want to break down. And until it does, Ma and Pa won’t buy us a better one - so we look around for alternatives, even if they might at first sight look jerky…
The say of the week March 22, 2007
Posted by dorigo in Blogroll, astronomy, games, humor, internet.3 comments
“God made my middle finger longer for a reason“
Anonymous - via http://asymptotia.com/ , to which I also owe the following inspiring image (part of the Carina nebula, pictured by the Hubble Space Telescope):
