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carapace on April 5, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: All models are wrong, but some are completely wron...

The Standard Model has no known contradictions in the real world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Model

In "QED" Feynman states that the predictions are as precise as being able to measure the distance between (points in) New York and Los Angeles accurately to within the width of a human hair.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED:_The_Strange_Theory_of_Lig...

magicalhippo on April 6, 2020 [–]

Neutrino oscillation[1] is a contradiction of the Standard model as-is, no?

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrino_oscillation

carapace on April 7, 2020 | [–]

Dunno. (IANAPhysicist) But that's hella cool. Cheers!

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