Incongruity. Elegance and inelegance are decided by emotional faculty of the human mind, since its ultimate pursuit is beauty. Error is decided by the intelligence, which seeks truth. None of the three faculties can or should assume the the responsibilities of any of the other two.

With a pfffttt thrown in :-)

yea, that is exactly how we came up with imaginary numbers which have been hugely helpful in understanding how the world works and has advanced mathematics.
you are incorrect to suggest that theoretical physics always precedes experimental physics. In fact, experimental physics lead in the subject of dark matte and dark energy..
Ether, was a suggested postulation to issues of how EM waves propagated. You are right. when a postulate is incorrect it will lead to contradictions.
"collapse in on itself" real science does not collapse o itself. for instance: Newtonian physics is accurate within certain conditions. all Relativity did was to explain how physics behaves at speeds near velocity of light . quantum mechanics explains the physics that occur at very short distances.
Plato's point of view, is inconsistent with Science and sciences' history.

particles exist and they are not limitless. (my husband has MS in physics and this is his response )

wow...touchy is right :)

flannel shirt! lol

again. and again. and...

you get a point for bosun, but I think I am ticked off at you until you explain yourself on another post.

Finally! I get to say, I don't know what you are talking about. but it was nicely phrased and so you get a point. The bath house boys are chanting the last sentence as we speak

Interesting article. i just kept hearing 'Sheldon' from Big Bang Theory' as the voice in this article. I liked the comment that it could still just be a "plain vanilla" bosun.

nice last line. H.B. is not highly surprising, but necessary to the physics world to shoring up the foundation of quantum mechanical particle theory.

The trouble is that human beings are still looking for a stability that they can control, only to discover nothing in the universe is certain. The real discovery will be when they figure out what Dark Matter is all about.