The Physics Hierarchy Of Pain

The Physics Hierarchy Of Pain
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The physics hierarchy of pain, beautifully illustrated. Particle physicists are stuck in a half-century rut with the Standard Model. String theorists are off in their own dimension asking if we live in an "anti-deSitter spacetime" (spoiler: we don't, but they'll spend another 40 years on it anyway). Cosmologists are politely suggesting everyone's understanding of gravity might be wrong. Meanwhile, high school physics teachers are just trying to explain basic aerodynamics to teenagers who think planes flying upside-down disproves physics entirely. And they wonder why we drink so much coffee.

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