Re: Still waiting on a grand unified theory
My point exactly.
In a recent interview on BBC Radio 4 with Chris Llewellyn Smith - a key architect in the Standard Model admits his work is standing on the shoulders of giants, and work on the fundamental particles has basically been tinkering with the same standard model for the last 40 years....
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/tls/tls_20140701-0930a.mp3
Jump to about 8:30 if your attention span is too short for the whole interview
"Since 1975 we knew what we know today...."