Posted on 04/22/2011 9:57:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A rumor is floating around the physics community that the world's largest atom smasher may have detected a long-sought subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, also known as the "God particle."
The controversial rumor is based on what appears to be a leaked internal note from physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 17-mile-long particle accelerator near Geneva, Switzerland. It's not entirely clear at this point if the memo is authentic, or what the data it refers to might mean — but the note already has researchers talking.
The buzz started when an anonymous commenter recently posted an abstract of the note on Columbia University mathematician Peter Woit's blog, Not Even Wrong.
Some physicists say the note may be a hoax, while others believe the "detection" is likely a statistical anomaly that will disappear upon further study. But the find would be a huge particle-physics breakthrough, if it holds up.
"If it were to be real, it would be really exciting," said physicist Sheldon Stone of Syracuse University.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
Yes, you do.
Your first failure of logic is that you are assuming people are doing this just "to show that all we see could have happened by chance (dumb luck)." That is not at all why anyone does research.
What can you do with that knowledge?
Bigger better bombs?
A Bombs.
H Bombs.
Neutron Bombs.
Boson Bombs.
There has got to be a way to explode the universe,
after all it happened before.
Thanks Norm, I love this stuff.
I have trillions of God particles in my yard. It’s called dirt.
That boson report is just a rumor, whereas there’s indisputable evidence that a bozo has been detected in the white house.
It's a little frustrating to see all the taxpayer money pissed away on "research" that has no return on the investment. We all work hard to earn the money that is confiscated and passed around to folks that screw around.
“Even if it is found we then have to answer the next question...WHY.”
Ah.....now enters the Philosophers.
“Do you think this discovery will make my VCR stop blinking 12:00?
It’s really starting to get annoying.”
I gotta tell ya, I’m really frightened right now......because, I get what your saying.
You forgot:
F-Bombs
I suggest they name it “Clapton”.
If it becomes possible to send messages backwards in time, why aren't we reading those messages from the future, now?
If it becomes possible to send messages backwards in time, why aren't we reading those messages from the future, now?
What’s a “VCR?”
/s
Thanks - too funny lol
F-bombs
Yes, you’re right, I stand corrected.
I wonder if this info was leaked on April 1st.
I think it is a term that describes clocks that are right twice a day.
You don't think they will waste their messages on an era with so many non-believers in Man's ability to span time and also become "I Am", do you?
Yes, it does. Science is not done for practical purposes. Engineering is done for practical purposes.
Only if you're paying union rates! Or else there will be a philsophers’ strike!
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