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How many particles has the Large Hadron Collider discovered?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Particle Colider Is Quanti Mechanical

The particle colider is quanti mechanical, which means that when you smash these particles together, you don't know what's going to happen. The cool thing though is that if you do it often enough, eventually you'll see everything on that list of possibilities. If we knew what was on the list already, we could look for it more intelligently. We're just going into the restaurant with our eyes closed, putting our fingers on the menu. And that's our strategy for ordering everythingy oue going to the costmic diner, making that greasy menu and then just putting your finger anywhere.

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