Board 8 > Higgs Boson Particle Proven to Almost Certainly Exist

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tyder21
07/02/12 11:47:00 AM
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/higgs-boson-god-particle-proved-exist-scientists-cern-physicists-ready-claim-discovery-article-1.1106431?localLinksEnabled=false

This is pretty nifty.

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Mershaaay
07/02/12 11:50:00 AM
#2:


The only reason people care about this is because it's called the "God Particle"


This is no more of a breakthrough than any other random particle. What a waste of money.

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JeffreyRaze
07/02/12 11:54:00 AM
#3:


This particle is pretty damned important though. The theory goes, it's this thing that's responsible for everything having mass. Quite a bit more exciting than some random particle.

When I learned about the idea behind the higgs boson, my first thought was it was a beautiful concept. I'm happy to see it working out.

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Menji76
07/02/12 11:56:00 AM
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this proves god isn't real!!!

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pjbasis
07/02/12 11:56:00 AM
#5:


Damn physics.

I thought all particles were units of matter, and now you tell me only one particle is the cause of matter!?

What are the others for!?

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JeffreyRaze
07/02/12 12:01:00 PM
#6:


Mass. Not matter >_>.

Also, fluctuations in the higgs field could release enough energy to cause the big bang, which is of course why everyone calls it the god particle >_>

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pjbasis
07/02/12 12:10:00 PM
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But, how can you be matter without mass!?

I thought it was an inherent property.

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JeffreyRaze
07/02/12 12:15:00 PM
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Well, few seemingly inherent properties really are inherent. You usually have to look for subparticles to explain them. All forces are carried by particles for example, you can't have electromagnetism without photons carrying information back and forth.

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pjbasis
07/02/12 12:16:00 PM
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Yeah I knew as much based on wikipedia.

I thought these things were also theoretically massless because of gravity's seemingly limitless range or something

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foolmor0n
07/02/12 12:21:00 PM
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christians are so mad right now

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JeffreyRaze
07/02/12 12:21:00 PM
#11:


Well, when it comes to particle accelerator experiments, they mostly use the energy equivilant to measure how massive the particle is anyways considering how those experiments work.

Really though, I'm not qualified to talk about this sort of thing :P. It's been years since I read most of what I know about the Higgs.

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LordoftheMorons
07/02/12 12:25:00 PM
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There's really no reason for it to be called the "god particle." The name just kind of stuck. The reason it's important is because it's what gives elementary particles mass, and because it's the last elementary particle in the standard model that needed to be shown to exist.

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LordoftheMorons
07/02/12 12:31:00 PM
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When we talk about the "mass" of a subatomic particle, it's the coefficient of one of a particular term in the Hamiltonian (the operator that tells you what something's energy is).

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Pokewars
07/02/12 12:32:00 PM
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From: Ed Bellis | #013
it was originally nicknamed the "goddamn particle"


The goddamn Batman invented the universe. I knew it!

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LordoftheMorons
07/02/12 12:34:00 PM
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Batman is the world's greatest detective; could there be any doubt that he's mastered the secrets of the universe?!

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muddersmilk
07/02/12 12:38:00 PM
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foolmor0n posted...
christians are so mad right now


Not really.

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Kinglicious
07/02/12 12:39:00 PM
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Goddamn particle is a joke used due to the god particle name it got, partially due to a book calling it that.

Still, the details will be really interesting to hear.

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pjbasis
07/02/12 12:41:00 PM
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From: muddersmilk | #017
Not really.


Wow. If it doesn't upset you just don't respond.

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Aecioo
07/02/12 12:42:00 PM
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muddersmilk posted...
foolmor0n posted...
christians are so mad right now


Not really.


so mad

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muddersmilk
07/02/12 12:43:00 PM
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pjbasis posted...
From: muddersmilk | #017
Not really.


Wow. If it doesn't upset you just don't respond.


Eh, I normally wouldn't but I'm bored at l work so I figured I might as well point out that most Christians won't really be troubled by this.

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pjbasis
07/02/12 12:44:00 PM
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Seriously, I'm not gonna report you but if you keep this up I might have to.

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WaIker
07/02/12 12:45:00 PM
#24:


maniac it's okay

it's pjbasis

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ExThaNemesis
07/02/12 12:46:00 PM
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From: muddersmilk | #021
Eh, I normally wouldn't but I'm bored at l work so I figured I might as well point out that most Christians won't really be troubled by this.


literally furious.

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muddersmilk
07/02/12 12:46:00 PM
#26:


I thought he was just telling me not to feed foolmo.

Then came the most recent post.

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muddersmilk
07/02/12 12:47:00 PM
#27:


*Hulks out*

DAMN YOU HIGGS BOSON!

DAMN YOU TO THE HELL THAT YOU DISPROVE!

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pjbasis
07/02/12 12:48:00 PM
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From: WaIker | #024
maniac it's okay

it's pjbasis


It's ok, me.

It's just Walker.






...who the f*** is Walker.

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muddersmilk
07/02/12 12:49:00 PM
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pjbasis posted...

...who the f*** is Walker.


J_C

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pjbasis
07/02/12 12:50:00 PM
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My life is too busy and meaningful to look at sigs.

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muddersmilk
07/02/12 12:50:00 PM
#32:


Bellis'd

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Kinglicious
07/02/12 12:52:00 PM
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Damned to a hell of super symmetry huh.

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