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alexleo975
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alexleo975
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ryebryeJul 13, 2010
Even scientists have rumor sites... is there some kind of tmz for science? I bet they have pics of highs bosom getting out of the car with no panties on.
iatethecrayonJul 13, 2010
Sexy.
alecksJul 13, 2010
false:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/7888012/Higgs-boson-discovery-rumours-false-say-Tevatron-scientists.html
shpoffoJul 14, 2010
because, hey, with as much money and peoples' careers as are at stake in the LHC, it would be inconvenient if someone else found the Higgs.....
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
"The Strange Flavor"
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Not Charm?
irobethJul 13, 2010
dugg for 'highs bosom'
ryebryeJul 13, 2010
Yeah... damn phone keyboard. I think it autocorrected me.
irobethJul 13, 2010
but 'TMZ' and 'bosom' just play so well together
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
you haven't trained your T9 for higgs boson?
GET. THE. f**k. OUT.
rglarson13Jul 13, 2010
I'm not sure if I'm sad or proud that my T9 *has* learned Higgs boson.
cps7c5Jul 13, 2010
i wanna put my face in someones higgs bossom
trythinking1stJul 15, 2010
why do you think they are using the large hardon collider?
serif69Jul 13, 2010
That really is some dark matter.
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
What's the antimatter with science rumors?
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
YOU F**KER, YOU'LL KILL US A
chrisduserJul 13, 2010
Oh god, I just spit all over myself.
catch33Jul 13, 2010
Swallow next time.
brblol70Jul 13, 2010
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roguebladeJul 13, 2010
I'd fap to that
nbordersJul 13, 2010
Apparently a rumor. Link from the same article goes here.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/7888012/Higgs-boson-discovery-rumours-false-say-Tevatron-scientists.html
Go Fermi for keeping the science above the glory.
~n
stevemaxJul 13, 2010
Interesting. There are two competing experiments running at the Tevatron: CDF and D0. At least according to this article, only the D0 guys denied the three-sigma hint directly; CDF didn't comment. Also, Tommaso Dorigo (the Italian professor-blogger who started this) works at CDF, so it's more likely that he'd hear a rumour from that side.
It could be a coincidence, but CDF's previous results had somewhat better statistics than D0's (so they'd be more likely to be ahead now); and they are around the time when you'd expect a three-sigma result for some parts of the parameter space. I say we wait until the next wine & cheese seminar at Fermilab this Friday, when one of the two teams will present their results.
v1rukJul 13, 2010
So what they're saying is, we might find it, but when the LHC is at full power, it's going to smash right into it.
Pretty cool stuff, wonder what they find out/wonder if they break into the multiverse.
danconiaJul 13, 2010
I'd fap to that.
tyrghastJul 13, 2010
your attention please: the telegraph is a tabloid. so the the daily mail.
punkrawkstarJul 14, 2010
I don't want to talk to a scientist! Ya'll motherf*****s lyin' and gettin' me pissed!
strictneinJul 13, 2010
The source: http://www.science20.com/quantum_diaries_survivor/rumors_about_light_higgs
stilesjaJul 13, 2010
The comments on that article read like an episode of "The Big Bang Theory" where every character is Sheldon Cooper. lol
haikufuJul 14, 2010
I just read every comment on that page in Sheldon Cooper's voice. It was quite entertaining.
jlp2097Jul 13, 2010
Already exposed as false: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/7888012/Higgs-boson-discovery-rumours-false-say-Tevatron-scientists.html
shirukenJul 13, 2010
There are some complex arguments on that post. Digg does a much better job keeping things on a level anyone can understand.
danozJul 13, 2010
If you read the comments on that blog, you can find the author and a climate scientist arguing about who has the highest IQ like little children.
wellsad1Jul 13, 2010
USA! USA! USA! take that foreign scientists!
pantone109Jul 13, 2010
leave it to a bunch of tech hippies to name a particle accelerator a teva-tron
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
Well, it's the trilliion electron volt cyclotron, so, yeah.
cpmartinJul 13, 2010
Makes sense, I guess. Anything with 'tron' in it sounds so.........nerdy.
ragatronJul 13, 2010
@CPMartin That's is a blatant lie, and you know it!
ci5icJul 13, 2010
Better than Hadron... "Hadron" is just way too close to "Hard On", and who wants to think about hard on's colliding?
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
I think you will find a lot of foreign scientists involved with the Tevatron. It's not like it's an exclusive US institution, people from all over the world work there, just like they do in CERN.
Again this shows how exciting science in reality is and how relevant and competitive science is in everything we do. Soon we'll also have some religious freaks commenting on this particle from a position of ignorance.
At least science increases our understanding of the world around us whereas religion only has a single answer which it applies to all questions and it's not even correct!
gnotdiggerJul 13, 2010
Wooooooooooooshhhh!
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
@gnot: It had to be said. The corollary of Poe's law dictates there are actually people that think that way.
somguyeJul 13, 2010
It really is wonderful when the international community comes together for USA USA USA USA USA USA USA!
juliochavezJul 13, 2010
Typical douche bag digg whoring. Someone cheers the USA ( sardonically, even ) and some repressed jackass has to immediately type THERE IS NO GOD! It's pathetic. Get help.
( Yes - repressed: the involuntary act of denying your innate knowledge of God's existence )
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trythinking1stJul 15, 2010
foreign scientists = terrorists
*hides*
azikrogarJul 13, 2010
There's actually many United States scientists over on the LHC. One of them is my friend :-P
cpmartinJul 13, 2010
Basking in your friends glory?
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
Well, my uncle is at Fermilab, so contingentually, suck on that!
eikaiJul 13, 2010
My dad built the LHC..
davidtcJul 13, 2010
I am the god particle, just no one has found me yet.
creationismlolJul 14, 2010
Bob? Say hi for me.
eddiepotatoJul 28, 2010
The rest are your ENEMIES.
wellsad1Jul 13, 2010
Uh, it was a joke guys...
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
pretty funny, though you really needed the /s, you got buried pretty bad o_0
eikaiJul 13, 2010
Yep.. USA are pretty good when it comes to Rumours :D
yage2006Jul 13, 2010
It's already dismissed to HAHA http://www.science20.com/quantum_diaries_survivor/rumored_rumor_had_been_rumored
Teaches you right for diggin a Telefail story.
captaindiggerJul 13, 2010
Pictures or it didn't happen.
pantone109Jul 13, 2010
I hear higg is hung like a moose
one1plus1oneJul 14, 2010
Since the Higgs is so small it operates in the quantum realm, and thus it is both hung, and not hung like a moose.
It exists as a probability wave of hungness at that moment.
It also depends upon what kind of intentions you observe it with.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Ok, here is one... Can you identify what is happening here?
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/393164221_56d49c2e8e.jpg
mxm111Jul 13, 2010
FSM (not shown) is playing with the particles using his noodly appendages (shown).
fwaokdaJul 13, 2010
Someone forget to use a coaster?
McScoliosisJul 13, 2010
Your mother collided with a fractal
mra45Jul 13, 2010
Oooh! Swirly lines!
tehgimpsterJul 13, 2010
Some f**king horrendous 70s flock wallpaper.
alecksJul 13, 2010
That looks like it was made using Processing. I saw a sketch a while back that produced particle traces just like that... source code was available too
znavy264Jul 14, 2010
Ya, I just ate shrooms
omicronnineJul 14, 2010
Whoa! That's hot. You should have put a NSFW tag on that s**t.
Mmmm.... yeah. *fap* *fap* *fap*
lylelanley32Jul 14, 2010
Find one with a 1920x1200 res and I'll award you exactly 100 internets.
causalitymemeJul 13, 2010
LHC Webcam -- there's yer pics:
http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
ArkangiestJul 13, 2010
This article was dugg 666 times before I dug it. I think you all know what that means.
tehgimpsterJul 13, 2010
I'm finding this webcam difficult to masturbate to.
muffinmonkJul 14, 2010
But not impossible. With enough perseverance, anything is fappable.
luggymanJul 13, 2010
by FAR the best usage of "Pics or it didn't happen" I've ever seen.
footbag01Jul 13, 2010
Rumor - It didn't happen!
tgc1Jul 13, 2010
Data or it didn't happen.
bracomadarJul 14, 2010
. <---- picture of God particle.
mymindgrapesJul 13, 2010
What does this mean for anything?
pimpdawgJul 13, 2010
More like what does this mean for everything?
drmangrumJul 13, 2010
from http://www.astroengine.com/?p=738
What is the Higgs boson? The Short Answer
Predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics, the Higgs boson is a particle that carries the Higgs field. The Higgs field is theorized to permeate through the entire Universe. As a massless particle passes through the Higgs field, it accumulates it, and the particle gains mass. Therefore, should the Higgs boson be discovered, we’ll know why matter has mass.
trainofthought6Jul 13, 2010
More like what doesn't this mean for everything?
megadeth222Jul 13, 2010
I think its "What doesn't this mean for nothing?"
drmangrumJul 13, 2010
from http://www.astroengine.com/?p=738
What is the Higgs boson? The Short Answer
Predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics, the Higgs boson is a particle that carries the Higgs field. The Higgs field is theorized to permeate through the entire Universe. As a massless particle passes through the Higgs field, it accumulates it, and the particle gains mass. Therefore, should the Higgs boson be discovered, we’ll know why matter has mass.
fwaokdaJul 13, 2010
I've always wondered why matter has mass.
norman619Jul 13, 2010
Well, it's just a rumor at this point. I'd wait till it is confirmed before celebrating.
stevemaxJul 13, 2010
A rumour for a 3-sigma hint (which is NOT a discovery). Really, a three-sigma hint of the Higgs would be amazing, but nobody would call that a discovery (and if you read Tommaso's blog, he never claimed it as a discovery). In fact, bigger hints in high energy physics turned out to be just data fluctuations.
Also, it's somewhat expected: the Tevatron, with the amount of data it has, should be around the point where it could see a three-sigma Higgs hint. The hard part will be to get enough data to go much beyond 3-sigma, to at least five sigma (where you can really claim discovery). I don't think they will do it before the LHC gets there.
Also (and this is a more delicate matter), the Tevatron collider program is about to be shut down. The accelerator will be used for other things, collisions will stop, and the detectors will be dismantled. Not accusing anyone of course; but this is a point where the Tevatron experiments want to justify their continued existence. I hope they double, triple, quadruple-check their results now, because the political pressure to release ground-breaking results (which will help the CDF/D0 cause) is enormous. A result that says "we've almost seen the Higgs, we would definitely see it if we had more time" sounds way too good for them now. I'd hate to see it being rushed out with an incomplete analysis .
norman619Jul 13, 2010
So it's nothing really since there could be other unknowns out there which generate these "hints." Good to know I will move on now. It bothers me a little that they are seeking an theoretical as if it's real. It smells an awful lot like their talk of dark matter and the like. The HB would fit into their preconceived view of how the universe works but they don't seem to acknowledge the possibility it doesn't exist and their view is wrong.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mcnerdJul 13, 2010
They certainly acknowledge the possibility that it doesn't exist. There are multiple alternate theories which are still being explored. But the Higgs, and the overall theory of electroweak symmetry breaking, is a terrific simple explanation for everything we've seen.
Incidentally, we've discovered all kinds of particles this way. Antimatter, neutrinos, and lots of others were theorized well before they were actually seen.
ed3839Jul 13, 2010
@norman619:
You do realize that that is how science works, right? There is a theory, which makes predictions (the existence of certain types of particles). Then they try to prove those predictions with tests to see if the theory is correct or if it needs to be rethought.
So far the model that predicts the Higgs has been spot-on. But once they get to the power levels where the theory states the Higgs should be found, and if they don't find it, then they will go back and reexamine the theory.
It's called Science.
cpmartinJul 13, 2010
What does this mean for the religious?
ed3839Jul 13, 2010
It spells their DOOM of course. What else? That is, afterall, the aim of all scientists; to bring doom and destruction to all Jeebus and Moohamed freaks everywhere.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Sounds like a Transformer.
tsuruchibrianJul 14, 2010
Quick Optimus Prime, we have to get the Higgs Boson to the Large Hadron Collider before Megatron activates the Tevatron. NO! We are too late!
palehorse864Jul 13, 2010
Meanwhile... at the LHC.
*Man in a lab coat angrily slams down the phone*
"GREAT! What did we spend all this money for!?!"
fattymageeJul 13, 2010
"Tell me the location of your Higgs boson!"
mecnocJul 13, 2010
I could tell you its location, but then you'd never know its velocity.
kantenJul 13, 2010
DAMMIT CHLOE!
shadowman99Jul 13, 2010
>> "GREAT! What did we spend all this money for!?!"
So we could find out what sound monkeys make when they collide at near light speed.
Jeezsh.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
/read in Amy's voice.
stemninJul 13, 2010
Could have went to one more month in Iraq!
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
gone
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
They have plenty of science to conduct before, during, and after the search for the Higgs, regardless of the outcome. The investors made sure of that.
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
Curious as to why anyone would bury the above...
notachickenhawkJul 13, 2010
On ze plus side, le Collider can help us make magnificent microfibre for le surrender flags....
tyrghastJul 13, 2010
Do you expect me to talk?
No Mr. Boson, I expect you to die!
dhughesJul 13, 2010
I think their boss is gonna have a fit when he finds out they've been wasting their time trying to find what the Higgs Boson sounds like.
omicronnineJul 14, 2010
FOR SCIENCE!
factorof13Jul 13, 2010
All I want to know is how long until we get gravity guns.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
or portal technology
exslashdotterJul 13, 2010
If I had to choose, i'd go with the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device.
davenp0rtJul 13, 2010
Unbelievable. You, [subject name here], must be the pride of [subject hometown here]!
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
About G(64) years or so.. Not too long...
G(x) is a Graham's number for those not well versed in math.
ayeroxorJul 13, 2010
I'm pretty sure those not well-versed in math still don't understand.
/I hope you're not a professor :P
gcnaddictJul 13, 2010
The universe won't even be around for that long.
exslashdotterJul 13, 2010
Wow, you're pretty terrible at jokes. Just so you know.
ki77erbJul 13, 2010
The cake is a lie.
diggemsmackJul 13, 2010
But ... very, very tasty.
pyroraptor07Jul 13, 2010
Not really. I don't like flaming rhubarb in my cake.
frinikJul 13, 2010
i just want a hoverboard
michichaelJul 13, 2010
About 5 years after you're too old to get a license to operate one. :)
kokpuncherJul 13, 2010
I'll settle for a solid crowbar. Preferably a Stanley. :)
idiggthatshitJul 14, 2010
Microwave meals in pill form.
inactiveuserJul 14, 2010
I just want my human body parts 3D printer...
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
The Higgs boson is supposed to explain mass, not gravity.
omicronnineJul 14, 2010
Ah, of course, because the two are not related at all right?
alphadrakeJul 13, 2010
I find it troubling that they are specifically looking for the Higgs Boson. When you conduct an experiment expecting a result, you often skew your results (either intentionally or subconsciously) to fit your prediction.
Also, I call shensComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
factorof13Jul 13, 2010
The result is expected because of specific predictions made. There's always going to be some element of expectation when doing experiments like this. You don't think they just go around building huge particle accelerators just to "see what happens," do you?
McScoliosisJul 13, 2010
I know I would
specimen7Jul 13, 2010
Why are people digging down a good description of the scientific method? The experiment predicts the results - you guys should have learned this in grade school.
That is exactly why we build these things. to "see what happens."
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
You always expect results, and scientists are usually looking for specifics...not just randomly doing stuff in labs. This is why you run control experiments.
domduncJul 13, 2010
We know what range of masses the Higgs boson should be within. if we don't find it there then we have to re-think our standard model of particle physics.
Science = Hypothesis -> experimentation -> better hypothesis -> experimentation etc. until we have what can reasonably be assumed to be the correct solution. (remember we are always working from a number of base assumptions ie. the world is real, things are knowable etc)
stevemaxJul 13, 2010
Note: I'm over-simplifying here.
You see the predictions of the current theories if the Higgs exists (with all possible values for its mass). You see the predictions of the theories if the Higgs doesn't exist. Then, you look at the data. You check how the data matches the different hypothesis (null hypothesis/no Higgs and Higgs with different masses). If it matches the null hypothesis very well, you can exclude the values of Higgs mass that would predict a very different experimental outcome. If it doesn't match the null hypothesis so well (but still is compatible), you can get values of the mass that are more compatible with the result than the no-Higgs hypothesis (a hint). If it doesn't match the null hypothesis but matches very well the prediction for some mass values, you get a Higgs signal. If it doesn't match either the null hypothesis or any possible value of the Higgs mass, congratulations: you've found something entirely different than what you were looking for. Then you may test for supersymmetry, extra dimensions, technicolour, 331, or whatever model beyond the standard model you may wani to test.
mxm111Jul 13, 2010
The experiment was conducted to confirm or DENY the existence of Higgs Boson. It is like if you ask yourself "do I have any money in my wallet" and than look inside the wallet to check, do you skew the results by looking specifically for money?
evilregisJul 13, 2010
It's called the Hypothesis.
danj484Jul 13, 2010
To extrapolate: we shouldn't do any experiments ever that are being done to test predictions.
tenaciousg86Jul 13, 2010
obligatory:
http://abstrusegoose.com/118
ak666jkJul 13, 2010
I came here just to see if that comic got posted.
domduncJul 13, 2010
digg for abstrusegoose possibly predicting the future.
hybridleJul 13, 2010
http://abstrusegoose.com/strips/dear_CERN.PNG Another good one.
juliochavezJul 13, 2010
MIISTERR ANDERSON
ghostwoJul 14, 2010
WE MISSED YOU <3 <3 <3 :-)
johnomazzJul 13, 2010
So when is the LHC going to do something the other's can't do?
tinkafooJul 13, 2010
The others don't break as often, but I don't think that's what you meant.. :)
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
It already has. No other project has cost over $4 billion, taken over a decade to construct, and still has no significant results.
amaoicanJul 13, 2010
"no significant results."
I think the public interest generated by the LHC is probably worth >=$4 billion.
anotheredheringJul 13, 2010
what about the Iraq project? started that way back in 1991.
juliochavezJul 13, 2010
It won't even be operating at full power until the end of 2012. ( disturbingly enough )
bonestampJul 13, 2010
LHC did find the sound that the Higgs would make (when the Tevatron finds it)...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/7850742/God-particle-sounds-like-coins-in-a-wine-glass-scientists-claim.html
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Well...
Here is ONE thing you won't see at the Tevatron, only at CERN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
johnomazzJul 13, 2010
Those girls are on a level of sexy all their own. I now want to work at CERN just to meet them.
And oddly enough, that rap actually helps make sense of a lot of things. =S
McScoliosisJul 13, 2010
I went to high school with Katie (the rapper)
erkokiteJul 13, 2010
Supersymmetry most likely.
artosrcJul 13, 2010
I was promised black holes or other space-time ruptures. I have been let down.
rainstreetJul 13, 2010
It would be great if these rumors turn out to be true. I'm trying not to get my hopes up until an official report comes out.
jigorokanoJul 13, 2010
I remember decades ago hearing a rumor that they found constituent particles inside a quark... absolutely nothing ever came of that rumor.
I also remember a rumor that somebody found some kind of scalar field particle... but that just turned out to be some bad 2*sigma data.
inko1nsiderateJul 13, 2010
Don't forget the more recent rumors that CDMS found dark matter... talk about disappointing.
kitsuaJul 13, 2010
Already debunked, I'm afraid:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/large-hadron-collider/7888012/Higgs-boson-discovery-rumours-false-say-Tevatron-scientists.html
hamlockJul 13, 2010
I'll tell you right now. I was close to having my thesis published in an important journal with a high impact rating, and its all smoke and mirrors. These guys are probably looking for last minute funding. They gave a 90-somthing.somthing percent of being correct, i'll give the same percentage of this being bs...Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
bonestampJul 13, 2010
I went for a tour of Fermilab (where the Tevatron is) a couple years ago. That place is like the real life dharma initiative. The place is huge and there are all these different stations all over the place. There's even a village where the scientists live. From going there, it seems obvious that it influenced LOST.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/fermilab/
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
don't forget the bison!
kuklaaJul 13, 2010
and all those giant ant hills in the prairie preserves.
pimptasticJul 13, 2010
Its fun to watch them stampede.
d4venportJul 13, 2010
How do they keep the smoke monster out?
skippydoorknobJul 13, 2010
Sonic fence
causalitymemeJul 13, 2010
Robbie the Robot.
lichter86Jul 13, 2010
I grew up right by Fermilab, it really is a huge complex. Just driving around it takes quite some time.
catch33Jul 13, 2010
Fermilab? Is that where the latest line of nVidia GPUs were made?
rayray14Jul 13, 2010
Dug for Dharma reference.
nofalseheroJul 13, 2010
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alegzmanJul 13, 2010
All this Large Hadron Collider project is about spending money and putting the mankind at risk. How can one find a particle of God? is God something? Is He material? Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
captininsanityJul 13, 2010
f**kin particles? How do they work?!
luggymanJul 13, 2010
You're my hero.
proudcanuckJul 13, 2010
They're like electricity and telephones. No one knows where they come from or how they work.
ripple123Jul 13, 2010
i hear god is shut the f**k up. so be like god. and shut the f**k up.
RobMc1991Jul 13, 2010
People should read the comments before posting there own, this has been explained so many times in this thread already.
boomchockalockaJul 13, 2010
I bet you're a hit at parties.
trainofthought6Jul 13, 2010
Does your ignorance know no bounds?
ed3839Jul 13, 2010
Someone let the stupid out.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Get off my lawn!
elysiangoldJul 13, 2010
It was originally called "The Goddamn Particle", people just decided to call it "The God Particle" to create controversy.
raiderduckJul 13, 2010
Aren't legitimate scientific discoveries supposed to be published in peer-reviewed journals BEFORE the media is notified?
This is smelling a lot like the cold-fusion fiasco of 20+ years ago...
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
more like there is a rumour floating around...i'm sure if it is true, fermi scientists are in the midst of organizing their data to release eventually.
phaedrynJul 13, 2010
Yes, and no.
The problem is that any actual confirmation will take years. More experiments will need to be run, similar results obtained, and data analyzed.
Unfortunately, the scientific community is also exceeding competitive (they are human after all), and by leaking results (even premature ones) first, they can claim the discovery for themselves once (and if) it is confirmed regardless of what happens at the LHC.
This is different than the cold fusion fiasco, which was straight up falsifying data.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
yea, i had the same thought after my edit time expired...you are right, they won't publish until they've found it several times.
rglarson13Jul 13, 2010
Dude, if you're a physicist working at Fermilab, chances are that your dating strategy involves telling girls about how you're about to find the Higgs boson.
stilesjaJul 13, 2010
Yeah, and then they would slap you and say they don't do that on the first date.
sgtjoshJul 13, 2010
Rumor has it that Fermilab actually issues you a company stick specifically engineered for beating back the hoards of women which inevitably flock toward its employees.
lavarockJul 14, 2010
Scott Hienkewictz PhD may have found the Higgs Boson, but can he find the G-spot? Tune in Thursdays at 11 for episodes of The Love Doctorate!
inko1nsiderateJul 13, 2010
The difference is the physics community is really expecting the Higgs to exist... I mean yes, there are good arguments against it using both the naturalness criterion and the fact that it would be the first fundamental scalar particle, but all of the other mechanisms for electroweak spontaneous symmetry breaking are a lot more complicated. So it isn't nearly as bad as that cold fusion debacle, and is in fact a lot more like the CDMS debacle where there were rumors they had found dark matter conclusively when in reality they had only had two candidate events that couldn't be ruled out as background.
shapedyJul 13, 2010
Well of course they're supposed to be published first, but that's the point here: it's a rumor. Something of this magnitude probably would leak out, so at least in that sense, this is very believable.
badgerbusJul 13, 2010
They've updated their page to say that this is just a rumor and is not true.
giancarlo1003Jul 13, 2010
Maybe we can tell this God particle to cure cancer and fix the oil spill and promote world peace.
Oh wait, it won't do any of that?
Wow, what a great allocation of money and time.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
professorriffsJul 13, 2010
Yeah because those are the only types of things worth looking into.
captininsanityJul 13, 2010
Yea, science phsssss. How is that going to solve anything....
Einstein's theory of quantized energy revolutionized the world. At the time the concept of packetized energy seemed equally interesting, but not very helpful to humanity.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Yeah! f**k KNOWLEDGE!
chaosblade77Jul 13, 2010
Spoken like a true American.
causalitymemeJul 13, 2010
.... F**K YEAH!!!
jordanjeter7Jul 13, 2010
We don't need no fancy learnings..
steelchickenJul 13, 2010
If you really want to improve mankinds lot, please kill yourself.
ed3839Jul 13, 2010
Yeah, all those damn particle physicists not doing the work of biologists and engineers and politicians. How dare they waste all of our time doing what they were trained to do instead of flailing about helplessly while being told to cure cancer.
anti404Jul 13, 2010
ALL SCIENTISTS ARE DOCTORS STUPID HAHA.
WHEN DID THOSE PARTICLOLS EVER DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.
sangjmoonJul 13, 2010
As long as we don't try to find the mass of the Higgs Boson particle, the planet is safe.
sangjmoonJul 13, 2010
Man, I guess there are no Lexx fans here.
mugichaJul 13, 2010
I hate it when you get dugg down because people don't get your joke.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Why was this thing necessary to find it? The balls of the FSM are everywhere, at all times.
kaegroJul 13, 2010
The "god particle" is in my pants. And I don't know about Higgs boson but your wife bosom had my god particle all over them!
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
f**k yea! illinois representin'.
ki77erbJul 13, 2010
SECURITY!.....Who the hell let this guy into the press conference?
pcghostJul 29, 2010
Seriously, how well can Illinois represent when you won't even capitalize Illinois?
anillopJul 13, 2010
It seems like since the LHC started coming online it has lit a fire under the people at Fermilab because they have been making discoveries pretty consistently for the last few years. I am glad to see the old particle accelerator still is capible of prodoucing good science. Fermilab is a great asset to the Chicago area and if this discovery helps provide the funding they need to keep expanding then everybody wins.
binaryclockJul 13, 2010
These comments suck.
cps7c5Jul 13, 2010
i thought for a second your name was binaryc**k and chuckled a bit
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
It is, he misspelt it.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
The headline is missing a "maybe". And a "but probably not". And a "I heard from a guy at the pub that".
amaoicanJul 13, 2010
Dude, I heart that they FOUND the Higgs Boson at a bar. They called LHC customer service and got brushed off. Now they are shopping it around to Boson blogs. You can buy a picture of the Boson for $10 million or you can buy the Boson for $1 billion - a big discount from what LHC paid.
deathrabbitJul 13, 2010
How is bosson formed?
cdnbmattJul 13, 2010
they need to do way instain Higgs
mahlerJul 13, 2010
who kill thier bossons. becuse these bosson cant frigth back?
planetlandonJul 13, 2010
I heard it on the Fermilab this mroing.
ceryn1126Jul 14, 2010
they are taking the three bossons back to Higgs too lady to rest.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Well when two particle beams of opposite rotation love each other very much and have a high level of energy...
badgerbusJul 13, 2010
i am truley sorry for your lots
darthpaulJul 13, 2010
My pary are with the LHC who (may have) lost the race.
creationismlolJul 14, 2010
you put your hadron in to the higgs, several times.
pezeldaJul 14, 2010
It's not "formed", it's supposed to be there already, what they do is to crash protons or atoms really hard and try to see it when it pops up.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
pezeldaJul 14, 2010
Come on!!! only the jokes get positive diggs. Digg is a big joke.
kantenJul 14, 2010
It's almost as if the audience prefers clever comments over whining.
pezeldaJul 15, 2010
You forgot to mention jokes over clever comments.
nj10iiJul 13, 2010
And history is made. I really hope this is true.
rysticJul 13, 2010
Gary Oak, chief researcher and head of the Tevatron project, was noted telling scientists at CERN to "smell him later".
domduncJul 13, 2010
tell me Gary Oak is a professor...
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
gary mother f**king oak.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
http://media.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/57615/80461127.jpg
ocelot13Jul 13, 2010
Professor Oak?!
crazyhorse13Jul 13, 2010
The CERN scientists later confirmed that they were indeed unable to ignore his girth.
stormtrooprJul 14, 2010
Tevatron, I choose you!
cdnbmattJul 13, 2010
Can somebody please explain what tangible benefits any of this is going to have for mankind? Does this mean free energy, time travel, inter galaxy space travel, female Viagra?
And no, I did not and will not read and research any of it myself. I want somebody to explain it to me.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
spiralspiritJul 13, 2010
yes, all of those things will be possible. Sadly, you will not get to experience any of it because none of those things will be read to you. In fact, those who demand other people answer their questions will be shot.
jb4062Jul 13, 2010
Buried for being too stupid to read about something that clearly interests you.
I don't know jack s**t about particle physics, or physics in general and I found plenty of general summary info to get the beginner level jist of what this is.
ak666jkJul 13, 2010
It just means an advancement in the study of theoretical physics, helping confirm things like why stuff has matter. It eventually leads to something practical for everyone, I'm sure.
anotheredheringJul 13, 2010
it means the rich will get richer and the poor will be sacrificed to the gravity monsters that will come pouring out.
ed3839Jul 13, 2010
Someone call The Doctor....
danj484Jul 13, 2010
f**k you, research it yourself.
nspriggsJul 13, 2010
You're a f**king douchebag. How do you expect do accomplish anything in life if you're too lazy to read a goddamn article?
timtimesJul 13, 2010
Our ability to 'enhance' will be extended down to the quark/lepton level.
Enjoy.
eikaiJul 13, 2010
Expecting to be spoon fed all your life?
merkatJul 13, 2010
"the champagne bottle boson"
grayf0xxxJul 13, 2010
Well God will be pissed. They found his "particle" and some of the ladies said it was quite small.
flayer58Jul 13, 2010
Well "God" will be pissed. They found "his" particle and some of the ladies said it was quite small.
impsethJul 13, 2010
+1 for Science
diggopolousJul 13, 2010
Black Hole or it didn't happen
mattrmcgJul 13, 2010
They came close to dividing by zero
navicertsJul 13, 2010
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scottlawsonbcJul 14, 2010
That comment is pure awesome
aalenoxJul 13, 2010
For the most part, any time that something appears in the media as a "rumor" before a scientific publication has been done, its bulls**t. There is a reason the jackasses who "invited" cold fusion went to the press first...
However, if it turns out that a scientific paper IS published... wooo hooo!
notachickenhawkJul 13, 2010
The guys who "invented" cold fusion were jackasses too...
shapedyJul 13, 2010
Well, he specifically went to the press. This is more of a rumor. I see this as plausible.
rhandlerJul 13, 2010
Is it just me, or does the title, referring to the Large Hadron Collider and his rival Tevatron, sound like something out of Transformers?
trigonometronJul 13, 2010
Then that's what you'll be! s**t Piece!
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Or are they robots?...think about it.
charlesdkraussJul 13, 2010
This is very interesting.
I eagerly await more information.
prrpJul 13, 2010
Welp, do you think they'll give the LHC a $9b refund?
apoupadaJul 13, 2010
I'm the only one who see Higgs Boson and thinks of Sheldon playing Pictionary with Penny and Leonard?
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
apparently.
specimen7Jul 13, 2010
I stopped at the word rumor.
andyb747Jul 13, 2010
What happens now to all those people that lack a belief in particle or particles?
jeemboJul 13, 2010
The Telegraph shouldn't be allowed on Digg.
mrbitchnofunJul 13, 2010
Everything is and should be allowed. You don't have to like it. But your complaining about it, THAT should not be allowed.
yage2006Jul 13, 2010
Case in point though its already been dismissed http://www.science20.com/quantum_diaries_survivor/rumored_rumor_had_been_rumored
They can be allowed but people should not digg and bury that rags BS.
jiggawattJul 13, 2010
NERD FIGHT!!!
kingfootJul 14, 2010
This comment is the best.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Stop calling it the God particle.
Stop.
mrbitchnofunJul 13, 2010
It metaphorical. Like the bible.
Shut up with your hang ups.
Shut up.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Stop reflecting upon your own hangups.
Stop.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Stop! Urgent telegram! Stop!
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Dear Sir Strong Bad
STOP
How do you manage the telegramophone whilst wearing gentleman's sport gloves?
STOP
signed, Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
Urgent telegrams should be stopped. Use frickin email already.
dnz64Jul 13, 2010
its THE GOOOOD PAAAAAAAAAAAARTICLE!
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Stop.
Hammertime.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
the media is never going to stop calling it the god particle. it's too catchy.
get over it.
trizzleatlJul 13, 2010
Stop. Collaborate and listen.
nj10iiJul 13, 2010
the particle that gives energy mass? isn't that what god 'reportedly' did? Create something from nothing.
The nothing be relative of course.
paraswarmJul 13, 2010
Can I call it the Sweet Jesus particle then? It would be fun to say repeatedly in a scientific environment.
enantiodromiaJul 13, 2010
While it seems there are plenty of people offended by the suggestion to not call it something as silly as "The God Particle", please keep in mind that there will always be "The God [something]" in Physics, and to claim that this particular thing is THE "God" [something] is short sighted.
ldkronosJul 13, 2010
Yeah, just wait until our knowledge gets even more advanced, we discover what makes up the "God" particle, and then the Christians all get offended over the suggestions that something else created "God".
mattrmcgJul 13, 2010
Well, I hope they find its coorts also, the Yahweh and Allah particles...tehy will call it the Abrahons
bugmenot2Jul 13, 2010
Arrête!
Arrête!
xs11axJul 13, 2010
STOP!
in the name of love.
chongqingkingJul 14, 2010
Buddhists sayings don't seem so far-fetched after all...
"God" is within all of us... we are all of the same god, but in different macro tangible forms... when we meditate and connect (pray) in stillness to that of the highest supreme being... it is the image of our true selves.
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
except in buddhist beliefs, the universe had no beginning and is infinitely cyclical.
reggiehJul 14, 2010
Why?
sixthreeJul 14, 2010
Ron Paul.
powderedtoastyJul 13, 2010
They should have named it something that didn't sound so much like "large hard-on collider".
spritomJul 13, 2010
Schrodinger's Litter Box would have been a good name.
danj484Jul 13, 2010
Tevatron sounds nothing like hard-on.
notachickenhawkJul 13, 2010
And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine....
roguegeniusJul 13, 2010
I SOOOO what this to be true, but it would be an extraordinary find. It requires extraordinary evidence. I need more than a rumor.
diggemsmackJul 13, 2010
How 'bout a tumor?
gympyJul 15, 2010
I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor. I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor, I'm a tumor. Oh, oh, oh, I'm a tumor.
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
I'll believe it after exhaustive peer review. This could easily become another case of cold fusion.
nepidaeJul 13, 2010
So basically we will find the higgs boson in 10 years?
zerobriersJul 13, 2010
Not so fast. http://news.discovery.com/space/higgs-boson-discovered-not-so-fast.html
Closed AccountJul 13, 2010
Oh, and here's a good documentary on Fermilab's effort to find the Higgs Boson.
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Independent_Lens_The_Atom_Smashers/70109415?trkid=438403
synideJul 13, 2010
watched it today. its a good one.
shanosJul 13, 2010
Scientists aren't rivals, get over it.
frakkinbastardJul 13, 2010
They are. Competition for research funding happens to be fierce. However, this rumor has been discredited already.
mugichaJul 13, 2010
There are a lot of examples throughout history of intense scientific rivalries. Here's one that goes back to 1209:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbridge_rivalry
shapedyJul 13, 2010
What? Of course they are.
theobviouschildJul 13, 2010
It's like Black Mesa vs Aperture Science.
charlesdkraussJul 14, 2010
Ok, fine, there is competition between scientists.
AT LEAST THEY AREN'T f**kING SLAUGHTERING EACH OTHER WHEN THEY DISAGREE ON SOMETHING.
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
Susskind vs. Hawking
Closed AccountJul 14, 2010
Hoe naive can you be?