Certainly. As there should be. Science progresses through constructive criticism. That which does not tolerate informed criticism is dogma.
Doc wrote:
However what I have seen resorts to actual personal attacks on her and others that have spent serious time studying them. Which would seem to say more about the critics fear of the subject. Presumably because no new particles have been discovered outside the Standard model and if the theories of the standard model in the octonion number system are true there won't be so much of a need to spend big $$ on state sponsored mega experiments to look for new particles.
There is little correlation between pettiness and intelligence/ability.
The SM as is does
not require octonions. Electromagnetism is represented by the [continuous Lie] group U(1), the weak force by SU(2), and the strong force by SU(3).
A longstanding goal is to unify these three forces of the SM by finding a larger group that contains these three groups. The first such theory developed was based on SU(5),
but it predicted proton decay which has been ruled out by experiment. The octionion work involves another group, the so-called exceptional group G2.
Will be interesting to see if this work leads to new testable predictions. New
testable predictions are the reason to spend money to build mega [and other] experiments.
New approaches should always be welcome, especially that the predictions of the current favourite theory, supersymmetry, have not been observed.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
