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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they literally did do that

the first particle accelerator was built like over a decade later

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not saying a particle accelerator was used to test the theoretical underpinnings of nuclear power. I'm saying testing was done, that is, they did not "accomplish[] all of that with the theoreticals." They just used earlier tools.

To test modern physics, many (not all) physicists say the tool they need is an accelerator.