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Robert Matthews is a bachelor of physics, a chartered physicist, a figurer scientific discipline professor of a sort, together with a scientific discipline journalist. His most famous function inward science, a newspaper on chaotic encryption algorithms, was published inward the belatedly 1980s.



Petr Čech

Years ago, his call has science hater par excellence inward 2006 together with became a prominent Nude Socialist Popperazzo inward 2008. For to a greater extent than than vii years, nosotros were fortunate non to run across this jerk oft but he's dorsum – amongst a somewhat comical anti-physics text.

His rant close supersymmetry is genuinely generally close soccer – together with a photograph of soccer players introduces it.




More precisely, yesterday, "The National" daily inward the United Arab Emirates has published his rant titled
Time to relegate the Theory of Everything?
His master copy dot is that much similar Chelsea together with Manchester United, supersymmetry should last "relegated" because "it hasn't scored goals at the LHC" hence far. (Except for about hence far inconclusive hints, neither has whatever other BSM theory, but that's a broader dot he wants to overlook.) His statistical analyses (which are past times the way similar to the materials inward many of his would-be serious papers!) "prove" that it's fourth dimension to suck the managers of 2 famous British soccer clubs, Chelsea together with Manchester United, together with produce the same amongst supersymmetry.




He calls supersymmetry "a theory of everything" inward the championship every bit good every bit the master copy text which is stupid, of course. Supersymmetry isn't genuinely a "theory". It's a principle, a symmetry that a theory may or may non respect, together with minimum theories that honor supersymmetry are not theories of everything past times whatever stretch of imagination. They may last viewed every bit relatively pocket-size together with natural extensions of the Standard Model – although (depending on our ambitions) the extension may last considered spectacularly revolutionary, too.

But I don't desire to verbalize close theoretical physics – which is clearly out of Matthews' league hence he only can't write anything accurate close it.

I desire to advert how utterly irrational the broader reasoning of Robert Matthews is. His article claims that the validity of supersymmetry is basically an isomorphic problem to the correct selection of the managers of the 2 British soccer teams; together with every bit guesses to position series killers, too. ;-) Now, what produce y'all possess got to smoke to retrieve that Chelsea is the "same thing" every bit supersymmetry?

These questions are inward no way similar or analogous together with there's no argue why the answers to questions close them should last similar or the same. Despite the years of Matthews' together with other crackpots' hatred together with doomsaying, competent theoretical physicists nevertheless consider supersymmetry to last the #1 regulation underlying theories of novel physics amid those that possess got a reasonable gamble to emerge inward the ongoing experiments. This is non about persuasion defended past times former dinosaurs who are fading away. Half a generation if non a whole generation of novel physicists has entered physics since the outset anti-physics articles written past times Robert Matthews together with the biggest fraction of them, if non a majority, agrees amongst the positive appraisal of supersymmetry. Can't the Popperazzi only acknowledge that they possess got been mistaken together with their negative speculations possess got been proven wrong? Can't they just finally close up?

But a employment is that non alone Matthews' claims close supersymmetry are totally stupid; together with his claims that "it's the same thing" every bit Chelsea together with Manchester United are childishly idiotic. I retrieve that his opinions close the sports are dumb, too.

I justice that most TRF don't follow the Premier League, the summit British soccer league together with i of the most watched soccer leagues inward the world. So allow me advert that in 2014-2015, the summit 4 teams were:
1. Chelsea [champion]
2. Manchester City
3. Arsenal
4. Manchester United
After 20 matches out of 38, the 2015-2016 table looks similar this:
1. Arsenal [not yet a champion]
2. Leicester
3. Manchester City
4. Tottenham Hotspur
5. Manchester United
6. West Ham United
7. Crystal Palace
...
14. Chelsea
Manchester United ended upwards every bit the quaternary squad inward the previous season, it's on the fifth house now. H5N1 fourth dimension to sack the managing director or double-decker or individual else? Well, at that spot can't last whatever tardily answer. Coaches are sacked when about or many of import people or fans just instruct dissatisfied. But inward about cases, the novel double-decker doesn't choose whatever improvement. Should Manchester United last genuinely dissatisfied?

Chelsea won the 2014-2015 flavor together with it's on the 14th house correct now. They showed a string of lost matches, including vii losses at exterior stadiums inward a row. Does this string of vii losses imply that they volition lose again? Well, nosotros already possess got an answer. Today, a twenty-four hr menses later Matthews published his rant, the "real Chelsea" has convincingly defeated Crystal Palace, at i time the squad #7, 3-to-0. It's the outset victory nether the new-old interim managing director Guus Hiddink who was hired on Dec 19th. So the extrapolation manifestly doesn't work. Matthews has implicitly made a incorrect bet on Chelsea.

In the 20th round, Manchester United has violated Matthews' implicit prediction, too. An eight-match waiting for a direct victory ended amongst their fresh defeat of Old Trafford Swansea. Manchester City won, too. Perhaps to a greater extent than interestingly, Arsenal defeated Newcastle, 1-to-0.

Now, every bit the electrical flow tabular array indicates, Arsenal seems to last playing amend than Chelsea, the defender of the title. Is supersymmetry at the LHC the reason, every bit Robert Matthews indicates? Well, many (not only) Czech soccer fans could nowadays a competing theory that is arguably to a greater extent than viable.

Legendary Czech goalie Petr Čech (his call way Peter Czech inward Czech but nosotros pronounce the surname every bit "Chekh") was named the man of the Arsenal-Newcastle match yesterday past times numerous soccer experts. You know, it could last Petr Čech together with non supersymmetry that is making the telephone substitution difference.

Just to last sure, betwixt 2004 together with 2015, for to a greater extent than than a decade, Petr Čech was the goalie of Chelsea. In the finally twelvemonth or 2 (I don't follow the sports intelligence likewise carefully – together with I possess got intensely lost the floorball stand upwards for today although nosotros won finally Lord's Day – but about of y'all do), Čech had to compete amongst about other stellar goalie inward Chelsea, Thibaut Courtois, partly because of a previous injury of Čech.

Now, who is the goalie of Arsenal, the electrical flow leader of the Premier League? Well, yes, it is Petr Čech – who is also the Czech National Team's goalie. He finally decided that it wasn't correct for him to instruct out or last the #2 permanently hence he has signed a £10 meg four-year contract amongst Arsenal. Arsenal just happens to last the #1 squad now, similar Chelsea inward about previous years. Maybe those changes of the goalies possess got been to a greater extent than of import for the electrical flow relative failures of Chelsea together with the successes of Arsenal than Matthews' speculations close managers allow solitary supersymmetry together with series murder suspects! ;-)

I am genuinely baffled past times the exhibitionism of the people similar Matthews. They are clearly obsessed close writing on topics they absolutely misunderstand – similar particle physics together with soccer. When such rants appear inward the United Arab Emirates, nosotros may last worried that the wealthy Arabs may retrieve that all the Europeans are imbeciles. I kindly inquire them non to overgeneralize. Thank y'all rattling much.

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