[RascalPuff]

Originally Posted by hanzoganz

Are we coming to the times of believing, again, in what we don´t see? In the beginning there was magic and alchemy; then reason and inquisition and then we invented guillotine -or was it the french?

Phenomenon is proved to exist even if we don`t see it. In a summer of research i worked with a tutor that works in the particle accelerators in Germany. They discovered the charmed pentaquark, a kind of particle they suspected that existed but never observed before. They ran the experiment and found evidence of this particle by the energy that was remaining after the foton collition. They never saw it but are sure it exists.

Now, science takes place of magic? What is reality?

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Dear hanzoganz:
The same sightless (unsubstantiated) line of reasoning applies to black holes, super-strings and an extensive ensemble of subatomic particles (with an inventory of names that need be seen to be 'believed').

I agree with your questioning of the methods that sometimes bring these speculations into categories of alleged theory and/or serious consideraton tantamount to theory. Particle accelerators (thingee slingers) and cloud chambers are notorious for procreating still births which are adopted, named and baptized.

Regards,
- RP