Recent content by docbill

Bill_K, very nice post. Very clear, at a level everyone can understand, and absolutely nothing I don't agree with.

This brings up a question of terminology for which I do not know the answer to. Is more correct to say electro-weak field or electro-weak fields? One never says electro-weak forces, just force. So in regards to force, singular seems correct. However, there are multiple fields of...

Oh excuse me, I. see I confused two different posters as the same person...

The statement that there is no electro-weak field is absurd. First I hope you accept there is electro-weak interactions. That terminology is so common it was in the title of one of my textbooks. Next I hope you realize any interaction is a force. Again the term electro-weak force is...

Where do you get your information? Of course at high enough energy Z bosons and photons are indistinguishable. Both have zero charge and a spin of 1. So in the energy realm where the Z boson mass becomes negligible, all you have is a mixed state. Really such an equivalence is as...

Please read what I write before replying. This is getting exhausting. The point of issue is not if Higgs bosoms have a gravitational effect. I point at issue is if there is an accepted theory that says Higgs bosoms curve space. And to that question I contend the answer is NO. We have...

Another thing to consider is in our current models, the universe is finite. Consider, when we look out into space, we can only see a finite amount. Eventually, if we look far enough, we see the very beginning of the universe. This is known as the observable universe, which consists of a...

You guys are forgetting, the edge of the universe, does not need to be the edge of space, it could just be an edge to interesting space. Perhaps, there is only a finite region of space were matter can form... Maybe the initial "egg" of matter that formed the universe was of finite size. It...

If it makes sense, you missed the point. And this definitely makes sense. The point you missed is that space-time like mass is not localized. i.e. If you can not be certain of the place or energy of position of matter, and matter curves space, how can you be certain of the curvature of...

Everyone knows, deja vu is simply a glitch in the matrix. Now if you prefere to call it a space time warp that is fine. No need to worry, the AI will straighten it out by the time you realized something happened. Bill

To get a job at university job, you need continuous research &/or teaching experience in the field of your PhD. Otherwise, you aren't likely to be considered. To get a job in industry, you need industry experience. Once you have the industry experience in anything other than research you...

Not just interactions with just Higgs, but also virtual Higgs. A virtual particle can have a much lower mass. Just like the weak happens even in systems with much less energy than the mass of a Z or W boson. Bill

> In which other ways can the Physical world be explained? > By Physics alone? Physics explains nothing. It is not the job of science to explain, but only to describe. > By Religion alone? Religion is believed, not explained. > By any other discipline? Purhaps some things could...

Well in Canada, a PhD in High Energy Physics and a toonie will get you a cup of coffee at Tim Hortons. You can leave the diploma at home, but don't forget the toonie. In the US my PhD is not worth quite as much as in Canada. If you do a PhD don't do it for employment, do it because you feel...