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MIXING ANGLE. “Mixing of forces is described in the technical language of particle physics via a ‘mixing angle’, which can in principle vary from 0◦ when one of the forces dominates, to 90◦ when the other force dominates.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn

THE CHALLENGE. “There is now, for the first time, a real prospect of a unification of the theories of fundamental physics into a Theory of Everything.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn

THE ISSUE OF MIXING. “The particular mix of gravity and electromagnetism that we experience is something particular to our scale, and our place in the universe. But there is nothing in modern physics that measures this mixing.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn

SECOND RADICAL IDEA. “We have another important physical principle. Neutrinos are the means by which the gravitational force operates.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn

FIRST RADICAL IDEA. “We have the following important physical principle. Mass and spin are not intrinsic properties of a particle, but are properties of the relationship of a particle to its environment.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn

GROUNDED IN EXPERIMENTALISM. “Fancy mathematics is useless unless is it based on valid assumptions. The correct mathematical assumptions can only be obtained from correct physical principles. The correct physical principles can only be obtained from analysis of the crucial experiments.” https://lnkd.in/e-atRRat View in LinkedIn

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CYBORG SETTLERS. “They’ll harness the super-powerful genetic and cyborg technologies that will be developed in coming decades. These techniques will be, one hopes, heavily regulated on Earth – but those on Mars will be far beyond the clutches of the regulators…This might be the first step towards divergence into a new species.” (Professor Martin Rees is the astronomer royal). https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/30/space-billionaires-cosmic-earth-elon-musk-jeff-bezos?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other View in LinkedIn

APPLICATIONS. “Our discovery of phonon transport through quantum fluctuations represents a previously unknown mechanism of heat transfer in addition to the conventional conduction, convection and radiation. It paves the way for the exploitation of quantum vacuum in energy transport at the nanoscale.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1800-4 View in LinkedIn

THEORY VALIDATED. “Here we experimentally demonstrate heat transfer induced by quantum fluctuations between two objects separated by a vacuum gap.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1800-4 View in LinkedIn