The discovery of the five-quark state particle is exciting news for the entire theoretical physics community.

For Frank Wilzek, however, his mood has not been so good lately.

Of course, his good mood was not ruined by the hadron collider, but because of a bet made six years ago.

Six years ago, at a physics conference in the Azores, he made a bet with a gentleman named Garrett Reese.

Mr. Reese, who got the invitation out of nowhere, got up and messed around while he was talking about the Standard Model, insisting that supersymmetric particles don't exist because you can't find supersymmetric particles, and that Mr. Frank is naturally a staunch defender of theoretical physics, and predicts that the Hadron Collider (LHC) will detect supersymmetric particles within 6 years!

Then they made a bet in front of everyone.

The arbiter of the gamble was the moderator of the meeting at the time, Max Tagomak, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

And the bet, is $1,000.

Now, six years have passed, and after more than two years of recuperation, the LHC has finally successfully increased its energy to 13TeV after restarting the experiment on June 3. But even with the discovery of pentaquark particles, there is no sign of supersymmetrical particles.

Although the Standard Model was once again correctly tested, it didn't work, and he lost the gamble.

As for the reason, he overestimated the capabilities of CERN and was also overly optimistic about the upgraded performance of the LHC.

In fact, in the world of physics, bets are not uncommon.

And for the gambler Frank Wilzek himself, this is not the first time he has bet.

In '05, he made a bet with Jenny Conrad, a "beautiful scientist" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that the LHC would detect the Higgs particle, while the latter thought that the LHC would not find it.

The bet was on the gold chocolates served at the Nobel Prize ceremony, and the end result was obvious, Frank won the bet and received 10 gold chocolates.

Only this time he didn't seem so lucky, and he unfortunately lost the bet.

In fact, winning or losing is nothing, and for these scholars, betting is at most an adjustment after work.

But here's the problem, the Mr. Garrett Rees he bet with is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

First of all, this Mr. Reese is not a physicist at all, but a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles, and is now a bridge builder.

Secondly, the greatest "achievement" of this doctor of philosophy is to use the E8 structure of Li Qun, which has only recently been analyzed by mathematicians, to construct the legendary grand unification theorem and predict more than 20 particles......

Einstein's unfinished work has always been a treasure sought after by theoretical physicists. However, it is obvious that it is not only theoretical physicists who covet this treasure, but also countless civilian scientists who do not understand physics at all.

Mr. Garrett Rees is probably the most literate of the people, at least more so than the North American idiots who stubbornly believe that the earth is square and send themselves into the stratosphere with homemade rockets.

It is precisely because of this that he has been named the "King of Civil Science" by many people......

Although his set of mathematical theories integrated with philosophical ideas was scoffed by both mathematicians and physicists, it was quite marketable in some places, and even published a book.

It is for this reason that it would be embarrassing for Wilzek to lose this bet.

A dignified Nobel laureate in physics lost to the "king of civil science".

Although he was very comfortable admitting losing on his personal Twitter and fulfilled the $1,000 gentleman's agreement, it was clear that he was not as open as he appeared on social platforms.

It's not a $1,000 thing, it's that guy named Reese is pretty tasteless, and he uses it all day long to show off on the Internet.

Recently, many people have teased him about this incident as soon as they met, and he couldn't help but slap himself twice, why did he have a brain twitch in the first place and bet with this kind of spicy chicken?

What a shame!

Sitting in his office at CERN, Mr. Frank sipped his coffee and browsed the latest papers on the arXiv website on five-quark particles.

Just then, his assistant knocked on the door and walked in.

"Mr. Frank, someone asked me to bring something for you."

"What's that?" Mr. Frank replied casually.

"It looks like a paper." The assistant replied.

Although he hasn't been in a good mood lately, he still speaks.

"I'll take a look."

"Yes sir."

Taking the paper printed on paper from his assistant's hand, Frank took it and flipped through it, casually asking, "No name on it?" Who brought it. ”

Assistant: "According to the man's self-introduction, he's an intern. ”

"Intern?" Frank frowned slightly, but did not throw the paper aside because of this identity, but continued to read it with the same expression.

If you can do an internship at CERN, you must have the ability...... At least not civilian. In fact, what many people lack is not knowledge, but just an opportunity, and if the paper is interesting, he doesn't mind pointing out the intern.

And that's why he's so popular here.

Originally, he just glanced at it casually, but as he continued to read the paper, Frank, who was originally expressionless, gradually showed a hint of interest on his face.

When he saw a certain word in the paper, his expression suddenly froze, and his interested expression gradually became serious.

Putting down the paper in his hand, Frank looked at his assistant.

"What about this person's contact information?"

The assistant was slightly stunned, and then said: "He didn't leave a phone number, but he left an address, which is a hotel near the CERN building." If you want to see him, I can find him for you. ”

"Go find him for me, this paper is still interesting." Frank tossed the paper in the upper left corner of the desk.

Generally speaking, the papers placed here are all interesting in his opinion, at least worth the time he spends.

As for the pile on the right, the final destination is mostly the office shredder......

……

After handing over the paper to Mr. Frank's assistant, Lu Zhou originally thought that it would take a few days to get results, but he didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly.

The next morning, Mr. Frank Wilzek's assistant came to the hotel and took him to his office on the R1 floor.

And the first thing the old gentleman said when he saw him was.

"What do you think that could be?"

Lu Zhou said without hesitation: "Supersymmetrical particles! ”

It was very unlikely, and he didn't even believe it could be a supersymmetric particle, but he had to say so.

It's a gimmick, like pulling an investment.

However, Mr. Frank was obviously not so good at fooling around, laughed out loud, and shook his head.

"It's not realistic."

"But there's a possibility, maybe it's something else, but whatever it is, there's value worth studying, isn't it?" Lu Zhou continued, "Do you want to bet? I put out a hundred dollars and bet there must be something there. ”

Hearing the bet, the corners of the old man's eyebrows twitched fiercely, and he coughed dryly and said, "There is no need to bet." ”

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned.

He had learned in advance that the old gentleman's favorite thing to do was to bet with others, so why did he suddenly change his temper?

After a pause, Frank continued.

"I'm a little interested in what you've discovered, but only a little. And whether I'm interested or not, there's no way CERN can start LHC for an unperfected theory, and you haven't succeeded in convincing me. ”

"However, I can give you a chance that you can refine your theory by the end of the month, and then at CERN at the end of the month, I will recommend that you come up to the stage to give a presentation and report your findings to the physicists who are participating in the conference. If you can convince me with your theory then, I can consider helping you convince others. ”

While saying this, Frank had been staring into Lu Zhou's eyes.

Lu Zhou knew what the old man was waiting for.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhou responded to the old man's expectations with a positive look.

And his answer was only one word.

"Good!"

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