No, if you think that there are "important new theories" you are saying there _are_ external ways to judge their quality.

I'm saying we currently have no way of knowing which theories are important to further our understanding of reality (because we lack experimental results to check against).

Because we don't have any good way of judging what is an important new theory, the notion that we should stop experimenting to figure it out doesn't make much sense to me.

The current problem in theoretical high energy physics is certainly not a lack of new ideas, the problem is the absence of an external method to judge their quality.

small painting on woodbox
23 x 18 cm

Kleinformat auf Holz - Small size on wood
18 x 23 cm

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A magnetic core memory with 64x64 bits, CERN computing centre. #computinghistory

Oil on panel, 15x11, 5 cm, 2025. #oilpainting #2025 #samuelåhlman #oilonpanel #landscapepainting #lakeview #landscape #night #samuelahlman #contemporaryart #reflection #contemporarypainting #halfpastdawn #oil #painting #moonhunt

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Rust is something hybrid, something that grows and can overgrow. When I look at glass it pretends not to move, but when I look away it always feels like it starts to drip and leak. In my art practice, I have worked a lot with rust, which all started with my fascination for colors and pigments. For six years, I have been making my own pigments from plants that I pick in my garden or from wild plants, which I then use to dye organic fabrics or paint on paper. I also like to work with ceramics and glass, but I was never able to use these pigments in ceramics or glass because the high kiln temperatures - between 800˚C and 1240˚C - burn the pigments and turn them black. Rust, being inorganic, doesn’t get burned in the glass oven; instead, it transforms. So, it turned out to be applicable to both ceramics and glass. I search for rusty items as I walk and soak them in water as soon as I come home. The longer I leave the rusty finds in water, the blacker the rust becomes.
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I see the inorganic as living material as well: it crawls, grows, and crystallizes. I want to make the vitality of material and its alchemy visible. The earth contains a magical force, a source of pigments, processes, and ongoing transformation. With my work, I hope to invite viewers into a state of wonder. The exhibition at Masterly was curated by Simone van Es, who placed a long table in the basement of the Palazzo dei Giureconsulti, showcasing art and design objects created with a sustainable perspective. In her exhibition, she wanted to portray The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, but from a contemporary perspective. We are consuming the earth and giving too little back: it is five minutes to midnight, and something must change. ROOTS was the perfect opportunity for me to connect my activism more deeply with my art and to connect my audience with the inorganic non-human nature.

Seven artists participated in the show, including Diana Scherer, Claudy Jongstra, and Herman de Vries.


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The green glow comes from a phosphorus screen that is struck by a stream of electrons.

The electron beam is directed at a graphite target, and the regular structure of its atoms causes the beam to diffract, resulting in a bright central spot and a series of diffraction rings around it.

In this picture (and this particular setup) only two rings are visible.
#physics #quantummechanics #physicslab

A voltaic-pile made by Volta himself, ca 1800. The voltaic-pile was the first steady source of electricity and immediately led to a series of important chemical discoveries.

Collection of the Geneva History of Science Museum. #physics #historyofscience

Glow of the collisional zones in a Franck Hertz experiment; electrons are accelerated through a medium, and when their energy matches an energy level of the medium atoms they lose most their energy to the atom, which then emits the energy as light. #physics #quantumphysics

Detail of a photomultiplier tube, showing the opening into the dynode chain seen from the active side of the tube. #PMT #physics #particledetection

A section of the #ATLAS liquid argon electromagnetic calorimeter, showing its "accordion geometry" that allows for a construction without gaps in the direction away from the central beam.

This geometry is intended to measure particles that travel horizontally in the picture.

#physics #particledetection

Reflection grating seen through collimation lens. This grating was once part of the swedish vacuum solar telescope. #physics #solarastronomy #spectroscopy #astronomy

Gear system for star following mechanism in the 12 inch refractor. Dunsink observatory, Ireland, 1863 #physics #astronomy

Replica of a Galileo made telescope (1609) and the Newton telescope design (1673), illustrating the difference in size between Galilean refractive design and the much more compact Newtonian reflective telescope. Parque de las Ciencias, Granada. #physics #astronomy #historyofscience

Bohr model of the Radium atom, early 20:th century #physics #historyofscience