https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/hep-th_9912072/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30595211urn:hackerpapers:mention:hep-th_9912072:30595211Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:42:18 GMT<p>Summary: # Background material - Fundamental (particle) Physics has no progress since the 1970s. - discovery of Higgs is confirmation of old Physics. - other predicted fundamental particles has never been discovered. - Fine tuning problems - smallness of Higgs mass - smallness of the cosmological constants - reductionism as Kenneth Wilson&#x27;s concept of effective field theory (EFT) - separation of scales—UV (small scales) can be treated as a cut off of IR (large scales). # Main message The 2 fine tuning problems above are examples that are UV-sensitive, unlike other usual examples in EFT. This…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/hep-th_9912072/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>hep-th