 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
 5290 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 7:03:47 AM
so, they shot engergy into a field and created matter, that's some crazy shiznit
Indeed it would be, if that were anything close to what they did, which it isn't. |
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 8jdb28jdb2
Male, 30-39, Canada
69 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 3:04:36 AM
so, they shot engergy into a field and created matter, that's some crazy shiznit |
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 Quackor
Male, 18-29, S. America
2667 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 9:17:03 PM
"does this make me look fat"
"yep, its the higgs field dear"
thanks science! |
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 uatme
Male, 18-29, Canada
790 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 6:00:25 PM
how did who discover sliced bread? |
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 SmagBoy1
Male, 40-49, Southern US
2752 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 3:43:53 PM
It's called the "God Particle" due to a book by Leon Lederman that was originally going to be named "Goddamned Particle" for how elusive the particle had been to prove. Here's a linky. Nothing to do with any god. At all. |
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 syke22
Male, 18-29, Southern US
1029 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 3:24:05 PM
The particle all the sci-fi novels blame for creating portals to other dimensions.
good thing it's sci-fi |
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 JaundiceCake
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
680 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 2:37:34 PM
They found Higgs? Oh, good. I always get nervous when old people wander out of the assisted living facilities. |
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 Zeegrr60
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
1515 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 2:08:16 PM
Higgs? Maybe..Proof of god? No. You can't prove what isn't-only what is.
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Zeegrr60
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
1515 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 2:05:48 PM
I would prefer to call it the "Don Pardo" Element. |
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 maddux32
Male, 30-39, Western US
841 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 1:56:49 PM
@drawman61
Someone so old to say something so naive is sad; even infuriating. |
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 robosnitz
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
2752 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 1:22:04 PM
AKA, the God Particle. |
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 An-egg
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
726 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 1:07:51 PM
Here's a handy fact sheet for the troll
here |
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rickwhite
Male, 30-39, Canada
126 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:59:52 PM
It's sad that more People probably know the details of TomKat breaking up than this. :( |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25716 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:52:36 PM
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started.
WAIT!
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history,
unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!
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 nikkypickles
Female, 30-39, Europe
105 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:40:34 PM
so it was a pointless project to see what happens when you grind wheat between two stones? In sufficient quantities you get an explosion, but it's not controllable enough to work as a demolition tool. Wait, if we mix it with water and a few other ingredients we get... sliced bread!
I don't normally respond to trolls, but I've got a major case of PMT and you, sir, are an idiot |
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 FoolsPrussia
Male, 18-29, Western US
2875 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:37:14 PM
'What has it done to better our way of life?'
What did the theory of relativity do to better our way of life? What did the discovery of DNA do to better our way of life? |
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 buscompany
Male, 18-29, Southern US
106 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:30:30 PM
@drawman61
You're right, experimentation is completely and utterly useless. That's why all our technology, such as the computer you're typing on, appeared overnight sometime in the 60s. |
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 drawman61
Male, 50-59, Europe
1404 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:59:30 AM
And people go mad at the banks for wasting our money. Billions have been sunk into this pointless project. What has it done to better our way of life? Do they look at each other and say "Shall we go home now?" |
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 Kegomatix
Male, 18-29, Western US
1084 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:52:51 AM
Heeellll yea! |
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 madduck
Female, 40-49, Europe
2871 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:50:26 AM
Interesting, and nice to hear a clear explanation! |
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 patchouly
Male, 40-49, Canada
2980 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:38:09 AM
Thanks for posting this and also, thanks for not calling it the "God Particle" in your description. |
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SmagBoy1
Male, 40-49, Southern US
2752 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:36:39 AM
I think it's very important to note that it would be just as cool, and scientists would be just as excited (most of them, anyway) and just as awed, if the data find that Higgs *doesn't* exist! It would force all sorts of changes or tweaks in thought about matter (and mass, specifically) and that's super-exciting! But it's also cool because it shows something fundamentally different about science versus psuedo science. The idea that scientific thought can change and evolve as new data come is is a wonderful thing! 
Not saying they *won't* find the HB, just extolling the greatness of properly applied scientific method. |
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Dead_mind
Male, 18-29, Europe
190 Posts
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:23:47 AM
Link: So, They Have Maybe Very Probably Found Higgs [Rate Link] - Very possibly the greatest discovery since sliced bread. |
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