The present phase of stagnation in the foundations of physics is not normal

[Handsome Recluse]

Nothing is moving in the foundations of physics. One experiment after the other is returning null results: No new particles, no new dimensions, no new symmetries. Sure, there are some anomalies in the data here and there, and maybe one of them will turn out to be real news. But experimentalists are just poking in the dark. They have no clue where new physics may be to find. And their colleagues in theory development are of no help.
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Backreaction: The present phase of stagnation in the foundations of physics is not normal