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**thakitt** · 07-31-2012, 06:09 PM

But 'some' version of supersymmetry includes theories where we wouldn't expect to see anything in the LHC or it's sequel.

Actually, supersymmetry came first (at least acceptance wise, supersymmetry is still more accepted than string theory), that string theory results in supersymmetry has been considered an important result of string theory.

The negative thing about not seeing supersymmetry in the LHC isn't that supersymmetry has been falsified (And definitely isn't that string theory has been falsified), it is that the supersymmetry which has been calculated to have the nice properties which made people develop the idea in the first place is unlikely (almost ruled out, I believe).

JM
(My understanding of string theory is that it is still not falsifiable. In fact, I don't believe that supersymmetry is current falsifiable in the planned future.)

07-31-2012, 06:09 PM	#2
thakitt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 555 Senior Member	But 'some' version of supersymmetry includes theories where we wouldn't expect to see anything in the LHC or it's sequel. Actually, supersymmetry came first (at least acceptance wise, supersymmetry is still more accepted than string theory), that string theory results in supersymmetry has been considered an important result of string theory. The negative thing about not seeing supersymmetry in the LHC isn't that supersymmetry has been falsified (And definitely isn't that string theory has been falsified), it is that the supersymmetry which has been calculated to have the nice properties which made people develop the idea in the first place is unlikely (almost ruled out, I believe). JM (My understanding of string theory is that it is still not falsifiable. In fact, I don't believe that supersymmetry is current falsifiable in the planned future.)
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