 inaria
Female, 18-29, Canada
 1512 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 1:23:19 PM
That was quite easy to understand, though I did get distracted by his mouth noises... |
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 Oystah
Female, 40-49, Eastern US
3454 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 1:22:14 PM
@Gerry & Mikeado - thanks for the extra 'splaining. I still have no idea what it all means. I hope it means in the future we will be able to eat and drink as much as we want without getting fat. |
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 Devlarski
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
79 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 12:59:35 PM
Higgs Boson = Philosophers Stone
That's what I've gathered. |
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 Mikeado
Male, 18-29, Europe
2179 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 11:29:33 AM
@Oystah - From what I understand of the video, the Higgs Boson makes up the Higgs Field, which gives mass to particles. |
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 TheShmoo
Male, 18-29, Europe
189 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 10:32:55 AM
So where does the Abominable Snowman come into this snow field theory? |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25573 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 8:20:44 AM
"I started spacing out after he stopped talking about snow."
Okay, some snow flakes are dry and blow away in a flurry.
Others are slow and sticky, they attach to others and make big fat snow balls. |
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Oystah
Female, 40-49, Eastern US
3454 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 7:04:23 AM
I still have no effin idea what he's talking about. I started spacing out after he stopped talking about snow. |
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 Justin9235
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1558 Posts
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Friday, July 06, 2012 4:36:49 AM
@Bealzebubble
I just lol'd really hard XD |
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 Bealzebubble
Male, 18-29, Australia
187 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 10:51:37 PM
Very interesting but does anyone think he missed his calling in not playing Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. |
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 Agent0024blo
Male, 18-29, Southern US
198 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 10:31:25 PM
The third line of his shirt ends in "THC"... lol. |
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 chickiesue86
Male, 70 & Over, Canada
273 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 10:19:54 PM
so like, snow is made of snowflakes? lol but really simple can be so beautiful and this was a very elegant way of explaining it. quantum physics talk always makes those little hairs on the back of neck stick up, i just love it! |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8712 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 10:15:06 PM
I say if the Higgs boson broke the symmetry, it should have to pay for it. |
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 mon360
Male, 13-17, Southern US
741 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 10:05:33 PM
very interesting i guess or whatever |
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 SarahofBorg
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
3526 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 9:05:48 PM
"So it's like a vegetarian and a fat chick.
The vegetarian goes through McDonalds fast and gets nothing while the fat chick moves slower, collects chicken nuggets and gains mass. "
And to clearify, the Higgs Boson is the chicken nuggets. Until now we had no proof or understanding of what it was making that girl fat. All we knew is she went in and got fat while some girls didn't. |
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SarahofBorg
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
3526 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 9:03:12 PM
"Namely, what the f*ck are the practical uses of this discovery?"
Sounds to me you've never watched Star Trek. We've finally discovered proof of the nature of space and matter itself, and hopefully this will lead to an understanding of some way to use it. It's like you're asking "what good does the theory of gravity do?" |
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intrigid
Male, 18-29, Canada
877 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:22:33 PM
"The human race would still be living in caves if we all thought like you. "
I think he has a question which is still legitimate, and one I haven't heard an answer to... Namely, what the f*ck are the practical uses of this discovery? |
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 SilverThread
Male, 30-39, Western US
3360 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:19:28 PM
Nah this is great stuff really, but until this is incorporated into another episode of big bang theory, nobody will care. |
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SilverThread
Male, 30-39, Western US
3360 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:15:42 PM
Dork. |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25573 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 3:49:48 PM
drawman61 - "But how is our world better now that we have found it? Apart from many billions of dollars worse off."
In 1897 when J.J.Thompson discovered the electron he didn't have any practicle use for it. A mere 100 years later and the whole world was run on ELECTRONics.
Science always pays off. |
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puppies04
Male, 18-29, Europe
537 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 3:10:58 PM
"But how is our world better now that we have found it? Apart from many billions of dollars worse off."
The human race would still be living in caves if we all thought like you.
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 drawman61
Male, 50-59, Europe
1389 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 2:48:25 PM
But how is our world better now that we have found it? Apart from many billions of dollars worse off. |
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 danagamer
Male, 30-39, Western US
444 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:56:56 PM
Wow that's really interest...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. |
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 Ripper398
Male, 18-29, Western US
1314 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:39:56 PM
Gerry, that was a better explanation, lol. I think I actually got more out of yours. |
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 earplay
Male, 60-69, Midwest US
120 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:27:03 PM
What is most amazing, IMHO, is the scientific evidence of the existence of the Higgs field. In other words, empty space is not empty (see Krauss' The Universe from Nothing), but instead, formless pervasive potentiality. In turn, that sounds just like the centuries old Buddhist notion of the dharmakaya. |
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Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25573 Posts
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Thursday, July 05, 2012 12:17:59 PM
So it's like a vegetarian and a fat chick.
The vegetarian goes through McDonalds fast and gets nothing while the fat chick moves slower, collects chicken nuggets and gains mass.
That's easy to understand. |
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