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Tell Me Again Why Higgs Boson is Earth Shattering? [View all] Iggy Jul 2012 OP

????? hobbit709 Jul 2012 #1

Derp duh Derp? MattBaggins Jul 2012 #2

Because it is actual science? Marrah_G Jul 2012 #3

"Sorry", Criticism isn't Science Iggy Jul 2012 #6

First you will have to learn a higher order of mathematics than counting on your fingers hobbit709 Jul 2012 #10

+1 000 000 000 for the reference to Phlogiston Theory. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #42

One More Time... Iggy Jul 2012 #58

And the woo you cite is science? hobbit709 Jul 2012 #59

It's 'higgs-like' because of the 5 sigma rule. Kablooie Jul 2012 #68

It's the what keeps matter solid, what made our universe possible Marrah_G Jul 2012 #17

They had two groups with two separate sharp_stick Jul 2012 #20

This must be the stupidest, most uneducated, most anti-intellectual... Democracyinkind Jul 2012 #4

+1, n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #27

+1 Coexist Jul 2012 #39

+1000 K&R COLGATE4 Jul 2012 #45

WTF... redqueen Jul 2012 #5

+1, n/t RKP5637 Jul 2012 #28

Tell Me Again Why Climate Warming is Earth Shattering? trumad Jul 2012 #7

talk about mindless drivel.... bowens43 Jul 2012 #8

If Steven Hawkings was impressed, so am I. DocMac Jul 2012 #9

There's only one of him Lawlbringer Jul 2012 #11

lol. It wasn't even a typo. DocMac Jul 2012 #15

SO true Marrah_G Jul 2012 #18

This new learning amazes me... KatyMan Jul 2012 #12

LOL - next we'll be building bridges out of witches. myrna minx Jul 2012 #14

Several things 4lbs Jul 2012 #13

Thank you for this post. thucythucy Jul 2012 #25

What 4lbs said, plus it may or may not open the door to supersymmetry models. FarCenter Jul 2012 #30

No future much for supersymmetry or more determination mmonk Jul 2012 #60

Pity this isn't the OP, and the nonsense hidden in the comments. nt redqueen Jul 2012 #31

Well, that is a singularly uninformed excerpt you posted. MineralMan Jul 2012 #16

Riiiiight. The ancient Egyptians got it right, not the modern scientists.... MNBrewer Jul 2012 #19

and the writer could not spell Egyptian or Atom Marrah_G Jul 2012 #21

Actually there was an Egyptian god called "Atum" hifiguy Jul 2012 #33

I did not know that. Marrah_G Jul 2012 #36

There would be no logical reason for anyone to know that hifiguy Jul 2012 #37

Well...... Marrah_G Jul 2012 #48

I thought it was Aton. MNBrewer Jul 2012 #62

Yay! Right wing anti-science bullshit Ohio Joe Jul 2012 #22

Wow. 99Forever Jul 2012 #23

This discovery has multi-layered dimensions. ananda Jul 2012 #24

Teh Stoopid is strong in that one. n/t Ian David Jul 2012 #26

That is an interesting take Xyzse Jul 2012 #29

You and George W Bush....feelin' stuff in your gut DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2012 #32

The blog comment you've posted goes on to say that the physical world is the product of conciousness FarCenter Jul 2012 #34

I now know what it means to be "flabbergasted" 1-Old-Man Jul 2012 #35

Give it up. Just the notion of something named "Higgs Bosun" is cool. Don't poop on the party. yellowcanine Jul 2012 #38

Science is NOT speculation nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #40

Actually the earth is not round RC Jul 2012 #56

Ummmm, you probably don't want to accuse the world's preeminent kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #41

Go do some research on what happened within the first second of the big bang snooper2 Jul 2012 #43

Crack a book. Swede Jul 2012 #44

If physics is pseudo science .... etherealtruth Jul 2012 #46

I'm thrilled that they may have found the key to the universe. Bake Jul 2012 #47

Goodness...!!!! CanSocDem Jul 2012 #49

"Idealism" works well in the rectory or university study; "materialism" works better elsewhere FarCenter Jul 2012 #51

No use arguing with that poster. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #65

LOL-- I love it when mystical nitwits try to claim science just hasn't "caught up" to them. Marr Jul 2012 #50

Maybe they're looking for an even more fundamental and hard to detect particle. ryan_cats Jul 2012 #52

... WilliamPitt Jul 2012 #53

The silence from the rightwingnuts is deafening. no_hypocrisy Jul 2012 #54

I suppose a few "I don't understand this therefore it's wrong" posts were inevitable.. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #55

Motion can INCREASE mass, but not CREATE it derby378 Jul 2012 #57

Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #61

Sure. How can an invisible field that surrounds & affects everything DirkGently Jul 2012 #63

What a bunch of anti-science gobbly-gok. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #64

It's not earth shattering. Kablooie Jul 2012 #66

It was no big deal when they figured out how to split the atom either, y'know? Tsiyu Jul 2012 #67

Wow. Ridiculous nonsense, meant to discredit a major scientific breakthrough. Avalux Jul 2012 #69