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Pretty sure she knows the drill (1). She's actually talking about scientists 'faithfully' looking for a grand unification theory when there is no evidence one exists. I always enjoy her stuff...

edit: I guess she's more talking about scientists proposing/searching for more particles (that don't seem to exist) to support GUT theories. Maybe physicists are bored now they found all the standard model particles?

edit2: PS - If anyone that knows this stuff reads this, one thing I've never seen an explanation of is at size do quantum effects end and relativistic effects take over? How do quantum 'turn into' relativistic effects? ( how do the 2 systems 'interface' ??)

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Hossenfelder

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The particle exists in the superposition of all dispositions, and when the potential of something else interferes, the potential reduces to the “state”. In the very next instant however, that potential redistributes over all available potentials derived from the interference of the other particulate and so on.

The potential is bound by some spin characteristic. If that spin characteristic is disrupted (fission or fusion for instance) part of that body of potential is converted into radiant potential, as discrete photons.

The basic hydrogen fusion model covers this.

classical physics covers the DISCRETE STATE consequence (classical cause and effect). Potential is the super set of state’s disposition.

To further elaborate , you know how it is said that most of matter is empty space. Well that empty space is actually the void displaced by the mutual potentials (bound and repulsed by the classical forces). Quantum disposition does not physically place the particle in any particular place, yet acts as it is uniform displacement.

Err...I'll get more coffee and read that a few more times.

My basic 'hunch' was that when enough quantum particles 'popped' into an area close enough together, they formed a 'stable' standard particle, which then was governed by that model.

Sorta like if enough rain drops fall in the same spot, they form a puddle...

edit: thinking about it - atoms coming close enough to form molecules might be better example then puddle?

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