I'm not sure it's that clear. It is currently the best funded research but so far there is no proof. There are competing theories (loop quantum gravity primarily) that are just as likely to be proven.
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Higgs Boson
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I'm not sure it's that clear. It is currently the best funded research but so far there is no proof. There are competing theories (loop quantum gravity primarily) that are just as likely to be proven.
Higgs Boson goes into a Catholic church.
The priest says, "You're not welcome here".
Higgs Boson says, "You can't have mass without me".
The priest says, "You're not welcome here".
Higgs Boson says, "You can't have mass without me".
Breath of fresh air right there. He used hypothesis and theory right!
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There is never proof in science. There is always observable evidence and repeatable experimentation that yields the same results, but never definitive proof.
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Boson, smoson. Now, if they'd discovered a bison in the Collider, that would be something!
Personally, I find the whole thing a drag.
+1 for understanding, and it keeps the scientists off the streets.
Cheers,
OW
Boson, smoson. Now, if they'd discovered a bison in the Collider, that would be something!
Personally, I find the whole thing a drag.
+1 for understanding, and it keeps the scientists off the streets.
Cheers,
OW
That's exactly what my point about the paradigm was....In the highly unlikely event of a black hole being created in lab conditions, the paradigm and the laws of Physics on which it is based would have to be re-written...Probability? 0 I think.. I'm reading " A Brief History Of Time" for the third time...
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Indeed. I should have said LQG is as likely to be give rise to testable predictions and predict the results of valid experiments correctly.
If you're having physics problems I feel bad for you, son. I've got 99 problems but a boson ain't one. - Peter Higgs
It has no impact on me, its a sub atomic particle that's interesting as it confirms a theory but in the scheme of things, I have more important things to worry about, like when will my retina MBP will arrive
You never know how this can effect your life. If it wasn't for the theory of relativity we would not have GPS. Although it was a whole heck of a lot cheaper to confirm.
Hopefully the finding of this particle will pay off the $13.25 billion spent to find it somewhere down the line. Who knows what tech it could lead towards. Even just building the collider has likely spawned all sorts of new materials, magnets and sensors that can one day filter down to larger marketplaces.
