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APNewsBreak: Proof of 'God particle' found
AP ^ | 7/2/12 | JOHN HEILPRIN

Posted on 07/02/2012 6:57:03 AM PDT by EBH

GENEVA (AP) — Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher plan to announce Wednesday that they have gathered enough evidence to show that the long-sought "God particle" answering fundamental questions about the universe almost certainly does exist.

But after decades of work and billions of dollars spent, researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, say they aren't quite ready to say they've "discovered" the particle.

Instead, experts familiar with the research at CERN's vast complex on the Swiss-French border say that the massive data they have obtained will essentially show the footprint of the key particle known as the Higgs boson — all but proving it exists — but doesn't allow them to say it has actually been glimpsed.

It appears to be a fine distinction. Senior CERN scientists say that the two independent teams of physicists who plan to present their work at CERN's vast complex on the Swiss-French border on July 4 are about as close as you can get to a discovery without actually calling it one.

"I agree that any reasonable outside observer would say, 'It looks like a discovery,'" British theoretical physicist John Ellis, a professor at King's College London who has worked at CERN since the 1970s, told The Associated Press. "We've discovered something which is consistent with being a Higgs."

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TOPICS: Current Events; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: cern; higgsboson; stringtheory
Misleading title to say the least!
1 posted on 07/02/2012 6:57:05 AM PDT by EBH
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To: EBH

It will now be known as the OBAMA PARTICLE...


2 posted on 07/02/2012 7:00:58 AM PDT by baddog 219
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To: EBH

They haven’t quite seen God, but they have glimpsed his shadow.


3 posted on 07/02/2012 7:03:56 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans!)
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To: baddog 219

The Higgs particle provides mass.

The Obamadork particle provides *ss.


4 posted on 07/02/2012 7:04:24 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: EBH
Goofy why they spend billions/trillions trying to prove there isn’t a God. Looking upon pristine landscapes with all its marvels will clearly show that indeed there is a God. It was all perfect until sin fell upon man.
5 posted on 07/02/2012 7:05:09 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: baddog 219

Yep, I’’m sure The One will announce it at the church he joined - oh yeah, he never joined one, did he?


6 posted on 07/02/2012 7:05:30 AM PDT by illinifan (Vote Everyone Out!)
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To: EBH

God loves messing with these people....he and I have the same sense of humor


7 posted on 07/02/2012 7:06:00 AM PDT by wally-balls
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To: EBH

The Higgs boson would confirm the Standard Model. But General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics, while great theories, are still mutually incompatible. Thus there must be a deeper framework. I personally think it’s M-Theory, where the mathematics fit beautifully. But the tests require energies we may never attain.

Forever Charles Ives “The Unanswered Question”.


8 posted on 07/02/2012 7:20:19 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: baddog 219

I just dropped some obama particles in the white bowl in the little room at the end of the hall


9 posted on 07/02/2012 7:23:40 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: al baby

That reminds me. BRB


10 posted on 07/02/2012 7:34:32 AM PDT by FortWorthPatriot (Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics)
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To: EBH

The “God particle” phrase is very unfortunate.


11 posted on 07/02/2012 8:20:12 AM PDT by newzjunkey
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To: EBH

I bet He knew where it was all along


12 posted on 07/02/2012 8:22:02 AM PDT by Mr. K (OBAMA MUST BE STOPPED ROMNEY/GINGRICH)
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To: Java4Jay

Um...the search for the Higgs Boson has absolutely nothing to do with “proving” or “disproving” God’s existence.

It like saying the scientific pursuit of trying to figure out exactly what fire is and its mechanism, was actually an attempt to disprove God.


13 posted on 07/02/2012 8:36:02 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Future generations will curse what we've done to them.)
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To: newzjunkey

“The “God particle” phrase is very unfortunate.”

Yup and Higgs would be first to agree. This is about the mechanism for what is known as ‘mass.’ Really, that’s basically it.


14 posted on 07/02/2012 8:50:08 AM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: EBH

The Libs will need a “God Particle” to magic up all the resources they will need to pay for all the extra crap they spend money on....


15 posted on 07/02/2012 8:53:57 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: EBH

“We’ve discovered something which is consistent with being a Higgs.”

Is the data just consistent with the ‘idea’ of such a boson or have they made a specific prediction that was confirmed? I ask because a lot of money and reputation is at stake in order to justify this huge particle accelerator.


16 posted on 07/02/2012 8:53:58 AM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: Jeremiah Jr
Proof of 'God particle' found

It's been in sight for a while.

"The word et (אֵת) is a Hebrew particle that points to the direct object of the verb"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_1:1

me alef v'ad tav

'מֵא' וְעַד ת

from alef unto tav,

from "a" to "z"...

17 posted on 07/02/2012 9:14:46 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: KevinDavis; annie laurie; Knitting A Conundrum; Viking2002; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks EBH.


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18 posted on 07/02/2012 6:05:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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