maybe using the term paradigm shift is exaggerated. a paradigm shift is something really, really annoying for the old paradigm. this one seems a very convenient way to rephrase old theory. My impression is that it is in the current paradigm of mathematized theoretical physics, symmetry based theories... It could be a paradigm change at time of newton, or before Einstein and Bohr, but today I feel it comfortable.
Uncomfortable paradigm change today maybe - observing lattice nuclear reaction (breaking energy scale, asking to drop many habits of two body and assumptions like BO), without a theory, nor a rebuttal that works... - observing strange mix of QM, general relativity, inside a human scale device, without a good theory, nor good intuitions, nor good rebuttal (eg: EmDrive) - non-jauge theory (I feel it impossible, but that is normal for a PS), broken symmetries/conservation(CoE, CoM) for me what break current paradigm is : - based on experience, not theory - no theory can prove non-existence, nor existence (Gödel paradox?) - approximated theories reject it, full theory prove nothing - observed but hard to predict ( make me think about NP-problems : easy to check solutions, hard to compute solutions) - disappear when you simplify/reduce/stabilize the system - phenomenon discovered in context where the experts of that phenomenon are incompetent (breaking the structure of academic science). - phenomenon of high academic recognition, discovered in low academic recognition domain (breaking a social/moral hierarchy rule). You will recognize LENR immediately. I don't know if it applies to others black-swan science 2013/12/12 Alan Fletcher <[email protected]> > This is really in reply to > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg86584.html > > [Vo]:A Quantum Jewel > > Terry Blanton Tue, 08 Oct 2013 06:26:30 -0700 > ... > > which for some strange reason isn't showing up in my mail. > > > The Amplituhedron > <http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.2007> > > Also see > > Scientists Discover a Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics > < > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/12/amplituhedron-jewel-quantum-physics/ > all/> > > and some interesting comments by Woit > > Latest on Amplitudes > <http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=6476> > > The next two Woit articles also have some comments on careers in science > in the face of collapsing theories and paradigm shifts: > > What’s Next? > <http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=6457> > > Peter Higgs: “Today I wouldn’t get an academic job. It’s as simple as that” > <http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=6459> > > > >
