The Tweaker in Arrival

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The movie arrived in 2016, but you've had ample opportunities to view this or to have it spoiled. To avoid a spoiler, just fast forward about 90 seconds, if you have seen it,. What was the tweak that he made? He made the tweak. Let's see. And remember that standard model of particle physics involved a framework for understanding electromagnetic and weak and strong interactions. We are constrained that any theory that we make up has to agree with what we currently observe. So I have to agree with this standard model theory in the regime where we can make those measurements.

It’s invisible. It’s mysterious. It’s all around us – and no one knows what it is. Let’s have a fun existential crisis by pondering Dark Matter! The world’s most affable and endearing theoretical particle physicist, Dr. Flip Tanedo of UC Riverside, makes the Large Hadron Collider, Higgs bosons, and neutrinos make sense. Also: Star Trek, space ghosts, vintage insults, supernovas and more. You’ll leave with a newfound wonder and the desire to read physics journals for the secrets of life.

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His website: Particle.ucr.edu

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