a whole new a deluge of inferred, theoretical particles created to help explain this branch of studyStrikes me a little like imaginary numbers such as
j (square root of -1 if memory serves). To most people who never even dip a toe in such abstractions (now there's a mixed metaphor
) it's all completely and utterly useless and meaningless.
You just have to assume that these terms
are useful to the scientists themselves; but sometimes I wonder. Can these terms/theoretical particles ever be
uninvented? Can their existence be questioned?
If not, then I agree with the belligerent attitude that
these wildly inventive blokes need to be compactified.
