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I would say that Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics, were 'new physics' over the old Newtonian model, although for many, many, many problems, Newtonian mechanics are still the best model. If this finally has found a major flaw in the Standard Model, I consider that extremely exciting news.

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Relativity & Quantum Mechanics were massive paradigm shifts. In contrast, any flaw in the Standard Model, while exciting, will likely be orders of magnitude smaller in terms of impacting how we view the world.

Also we already know the Standard Model is not the complete picture (it cannot integrate QM & General Relativity).

That's a REALLY BIG "If" there. Like the "neutrinos observed moving faster than light" recent non-story, these individual experimental anomalies should be regarded with a high degree of suspicion.

We have a long way to go as far as accumulating evidence contrary to the Standard Model before we get to an analogous situation to where Einstein was when he postulated Relativity.

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