Physics should be more a matter of "why did X happen when I did Y" rather than "I speculate that mumble particles will appear when I strike gargle object with oogle force."

Screw the tinted quark (or whatever the latest deeply sub-molecular particle appears to be, until it's disproven by the charmed superstring next month.) Physicists have gotten themselves lost in a land of speculation. These solid-state dudes seem to have taken on a more hands-on approach, which I applaud.