Could be interesting if they really did find it.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/04/tech/physics-higgs-particle/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/04/tech/physics-higgs-particle/index.html
"God" particle discovered???
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voltcontrol
Fizheuer Zieheuer
Interesting indeed the Higgs boson, but what it implies: 
Something ado about mass I'm led to believe, but a good explanation is welcome!
Something ado about mass I'm led to believe, but a good explanation is welcome!
Their math gets so whacked it is incomprehensible to me. Do you know if the Higgs Boson is part of the 11th/12th order string theory debate or is that a different camp altogether?
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Meh. I Googled it. It appears that physicists disagree over the answer to that question, too.
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=533620
What I wonder is what will they do with the information? In other words what are practical applications?
I would agree though when reading some of the theories that "invent" a new math to fit the proposed theory I sometimes scratch my head. I know there is precedent for it and this field often has the math way ahead of the observational confirmation. But then again I majored in English........
It will be interesting to see if they can actually do anything with it :scratch2:
Taowolf51
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Discovery usually leads to invention in the strangest ways. Who knows what advancements will come out of this discovery or the pursuit of this discovery.
Though I wish they didn't call it the "god" particle, it's going to cause so many meaningless arguments and only aids in confusing people. :/
Though I wish they didn't call it the "god" particle, it's going to cause so many meaningless arguments and only aids in confusing people. :/
A profitable area of mathematics is called game theory. In the beginning it was fun because it modeled human behavior.
In the end it is becoming as lame as a fire that escaped a burn ring. The practical application turned out to be hassling each other.
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
how did they discover something that already had a name ?
and god particle eh ? that's just silly god is bigger than that .
and god particle eh ? that's just silly god is bigger than that .
jntit
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They are being fairly cautious about it, but it seems that it is a great break through. It is a sub atomic particle that allows mass to be created, with out it no atoms. Which means there would be no suns, planets etc. Pretty cool. The God Particle name sucks though. It was a theroy proposed by a guy in the sixty's.
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Just read the story today. Supposedly Dr. Higgs originally called it the "goddamn particle" because it was so difficult to find.
voltcontrol
Fizheuer Zieheuer
That. Hopefully not create a new paradigm in weapons of mass destruction.
It seems that serious physicists do not use that term.
It's something that got started by Leon Lederman's book, The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?. Since it's a catchy name, it stuck and has been endlessly used by the talking heads on tv. Not much more to it than that.
Murray
Taowolf51
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And now it's being used as "proof" of god and "proof" of the non-existence of god at the same time. :/
Higgs Boson? How about a hugs boson?:lmao:
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