• Question: This is a question regarding particle physics - due to the recent discovery of the Higgs Boson, do you believe in the supersymmetry theory or the multiverse theory?

    Asked by anon-174245 to Tim, Alex, Carl, Hayley, Melanie, Yewande on 13 Jun 2018. This question was also asked by anon-174886.
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      Alex Seeney answered on 13 Jun 2018:

      I answered something similar to another question – but perhaps. I think there is evidence to support the multiverse theory, but perhaps not on the same level as we once thought. Before he died, Stephen Hawking published a paper in which he suggests that although the multiverse theory is still possible, the potential number of universes out there is less than we initially thought. I think we still need a lot more research before we can be confident either way.

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      Carl Barford answered on 20 Jun 2018:

      To be honest, I find the theories a bit of a desperate attempt to fit things together, when we don’t understand what is truly going on – but this is science at its best, very controversial

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    anon-174245 commented on :

    Thank you for answering! I agree also, although people say that it would have been impossible for our universe to have survived this long if that theory was true. The profound differences between the physics laws in these universes make it seem even more interesting.