Science Higgs Boson found?

[Urwumpe]

I'll summarise the Twitter page for those who prefer their IQ to remain above room temperature: 'Scientists have found the God particle. Stupid atheists can't deny the existence of God any longer.'

Can we rename it 'the Probe particle'?

Let them have their God particle.

As long as I can have my Oh-my-god-particle. :lol:

 

[jimblah]

I hearby promise to protect the Earth from the appearance of a black hole by the sheer power of my mutant mind... In the event I am irretrievably lost, I will attempt to leave a blog entry documenting my experiences. Make no attempts to rescue me. Such attempts could further disrupt local time space. Take whatever steps necessary to save yourselves, the planet, and Orbiter Forum.

 

[boogabooga]

Wow.
The most important scientific discovery that 99.9% of people don't understand.

 

[jedidia]

Who came up with the glorious Idea to call it the God-particle anyways? It was bound to lead to confusion... Probably a journalist?

The most important scientific discovery that 99.9% of people don't understand.

To be fair, I don't quite understand it either. I know that its practicaly rock-hard proof that the standard model is correct, which certainly is cool, but I don't know nuffin' about particle physics, so I can't quite make out what that means...

As long as I can have my Oh-my-god-particle.

Ah yes... I still wonder how I would explain it to my insurance if one of those hit me in the head... :shifty:

 

[N_Molson]

The discovery of this boson is another step that will allow more progresses in particle physics, and maybe a better understanding of "dark matter". It is by no way the "ultimate particle" as it has been suggested in some media that had no other interest than "selling paper", as usual.

 

[Unstung]

Not sure if mentally challenged or trolling.

It's obviously trolling. Notice how DerpParticle is 'retweeting' illogical posts, and he mentioned it's for the humor.

Wow.
The most important scientific discovery that 99.9% of people don't understand.

I've taught myself a bit about the four forces and quantum mechanics, but Quantum Field Theory confused me the instant I started reading about it. It takes much effort to truly understand this subject, but quantum processes may always seem very unusual.

 

[Urwumpe]

Who came up with the glorious Idea to call it the God-particle anyways? It was bound to lead to confusion... Probably a journalist?

Leon Lederman is the culprit. A Nobel prize of physics awarded physicist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson#.22God_particle.22

 

[boogabooga]

Thou shall not take the name of the Higgs-Boson in vain

 

[Eccentrus]

vain*

 

[Ghostrider]

Thou shall not take the name of the Higgs-Boson in vein

Ok. Intramuscular should be fine, then.

 

[Notebook]

Vane?

http://www.vacuum-guide.com/english/equipment/hw-slidingvanes.htm

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Can I get pills against Higgs bosons for reducing my mass?

 

[John_L]

New! Bosonite!! Guaranteed (with diet and exercise) to reduce your mass!! And if you call now... we'll double your order (just pay separate processing and handling). But wait, there's more!!! If you call right now we'll include this 1/24 scale model of the LHC!!! Call 1-800-LESS-MASS !!! Hurry, operators are standing by...

 

[orb]

Discovery News: What If the New Particle Isn't the Higgs Boson?:

• The newly found particle could be a more exotic variety of a Higgs boson.
  
  
• This could actually be a more exciting finding than if the particle is actually the expected Higgs boson.

{...}

 

[RisingFury]

The Standard Model is incomplete, Newman said, because it doesn't account for the particles that make up 84 percent of the matter in the universe: the invisible substance known as dark matter.

That's a big assumption. Currently we have no evidence that dark matter is made of particles.

 

[Artlav]

New! Bosonite!! Guaranteed (with diet and exercise) to reduce your mass!! And if you call now... we'll double your order (just pay separate processing and handling). But wait, there's more!!! If you call right now we'll include this 1/24 scale model of the LHC!!! Call 1-800-LESS-MASS !!! Hurry, operators are standing by...

Heh.
That reminds me of one crackpot here who was saying, that due to E=mc^2 most of your mass is turned to energy when you sleep, so you have dreams of flying. :facepalm:

 

[storm]

That's a big assumption. Currently we have no evidence that dark matter is made of particles.

General consensus though is that it is made up of a new brand of elementary particles. Here's an interesting article: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakly_interacting_massive_particles"]Weakly interacting massive particles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

Again, the existence is hypothesized. Still interesting. Again due to the fact that they are so incredibly massive and only interact with weak force/gravity, the probability of an observational event is very very low. Very cool stuff though.

 

[jedidia]

So will Stephen Hawking get his hundred bucks back?

 

[John_L]

Seems Steven is convinced...

http://io9.com/5923569/stephen-hawking-on-the-higgs-discovery-it-seems-i-have-just-lost-100-dollars

 

[fort]

Did the rights grant to the particles when they are captured are the same that those reserved to the humans, in the same circumstances?

:goodposting: