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Hosnon

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23. I wish I could upvote this.

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #12)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 12:48 PM

Jul 2012

What we are witnessing regarding the Higgs illustrates the difference between science and religion; and it is beautiful seeing how fucking amazing science is.

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CERN Says It's Detected A New Particle, Likely The Higgs Boson [View all] joshcryer Jul 2012 OP

LHC claims new particle discovery dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #1

Wow, it was hiding there all along...Professor HIGGS Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #2

Peter Higgs is still alive. joshcryer Jul 2012 #3

Is he? Why wasn't he front row and center Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #4

Yes - he's there in Geneva dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #6

So, it was him! The camera panned over to him Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #7

Yeah, he was there. CMS didn't have 5 sigma like Atlas. joshcryer Jul 2012 #11

I think he was quite overwhelmed. When the camera Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #13

"massless mess of aimless particles running around at light speed" DCBob Jul 2012 #5

An aimless mess, maybe...but, as one of the Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #8

Sounds rather like Administratium ... Nihil Jul 2012 #17

Actually, I'm not sure particles would zip around at the speed of light mindwalker_i Jul 2012 #25

Actually, massless particles MUST travel at light speed. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #27

Why? mindwalker_i Jul 2012 #36

The excitement sounds rather forced brentspeak Jul 2012 #9

5 sigma + 4.9 sigma is enough, imo, but they are scientists. joshcryer Jul 2012 #12

+1,000! No faith-based, airy-fairy extrapolations, just Surya Gayatri Jul 2012 #15

I wish I could upvote this. Hosnon Jul 2012 #23

If you can manipulate Higgs bosons, then you could perhaps manipulate gravity itself. Selatius Jul 2012 #10

Theoretically it could be manipulated to reduce somethings mass. harun Jul 2012 #37

I have only the vaguest notion of the implications, but I know enough annabanana Jul 2012 #14

K&R! myrna minx Jul 2012 #16

Hi! Didn't mean to post dupe news but I thought I'd post official CERN statement above. hue Jul 2012 #18

Cool, next step: warp drives 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #19

Great! longship Jul 2012 #20

I remember being so disappointed when the super collider project in Texas was scrapped siligut Jul 2012 #21

I remember that, too. murielm99 Jul 2012 #28

For a much more readable yet scientific source... eggplant Jul 2012 #22

They've been threatening to discover something agent46 Jul 2012 #24

Could be, y'know, because they *were* getting closer for months. Posteritatis Jul 2012 #29

I've been giddy all morning since I've heard this! Odin2005 Jul 2012 #26

Higgs Bosun walks into a church..... dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #30

Higgs Boson would be a great name for a rock band. yellowcanine Jul 2012 #31

Yes - but they could create dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #32

FINALLY donco Jul 2012 #33

I served in the Navy with a Bosun Higgs. Stinky The Clown Jul 2012 #34

k&r Electric Monk Jul 2012 #35