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gaze
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A Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics
Things that work on simple models motivate work on more complex models. He STARTS OUT by saying N=4 SYM is a toy model. The klein-gordon equation is unphysical but motivated a lot of good physics.
selimthegrim
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In condensed-matter physics, toy models play with you!
http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0007254
redhat-reallyp
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I'm not questioning whether the work has value, but the article is hyping it way beyond justification.
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