Physicists in Europe Find Tantalizing Hints of a New Particle
So to explain the world we see, we combine quantum theory, theory of relativity, dark matter, gravitation, electromagnetism, two types of nuclear force and a zoo of now 62 elementary particles?<p>I often wish for some kind of &quot;Physical Philosophy&quot;. That tries to make sense of the world independent from those theories. For example: what if the theories just keep growing indefinitely? If we keep &quot;finding&quot; more and more complex theories that explain some aspects of what we see better then the old ones and keep &quot;finding&quot; new particles? What would that tell us about reality? What if we found a very simple formula that explains everything with just one type of particle and one dimension? Would it matter?