Saturday, May 28, 2011

Philosophy Wire: The electron, Mach and the faith in our senses

aaa2Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-05-28]: A research from Imperial College London scientists shows that electron is almost perfectly spherical [source: BBC News]. The shape of the electron is important to find out if suppersymmetry exists or not. But wait a minute... You said that they are searching for the shape of the electron? But, haven't they seen it? No? But then how... Well, Mach would be very happy hearing this...

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