As a theorist, one should be happy when proven wrong because it means the idea was testable and worth discussing; if an idea cannot be proven wrong, it is not worth talking about, which makes supersymmetry predictions at the LHC valuable even if they are not detected.

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Speaker

Neil Turok

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as a theorist you should be happy when you're wrong because at least it meant your idea was testable was worth talking about... if you can't be proven wrong it's not worth talking about

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Neil Turok Public Lecture: The Astonishing Simplicity of EverythingPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:49:58 AM

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