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Who here is excited about the discovery of the Higgs Boson? elchan Jul 06, 08:36

I am! Stephen Hawking owes me a C-Note now. {nm} Tanker Jul 06, 09:17

Did he say the Higgs Boson did not exist? Personally, I don't think it's a big deal. elchan Jul 06, 09:33

I'm afraid I'll have to wait for the next season of The Big Bang Theory for Sheldon to explain HB to Penny before I understand it. {nm} Tanker Jul 06, 09:42

while offering her a hot beverage {nm} tealfan Jul 06, 12:28

It's the normal social convention. {nm} elchan Jul 06, 13:16

heh heh, same ... I tried to read a BBC 'explaining the HB' article and my mind wandered after a paragraph Jane_Citizen Jul 06, 15:52

Here's a couple of videos that explain it pretty well. elchan Jul 06, 16:45

The model only theorized it. Now they have empirical proof. That's how science work and our collective knowledge advances. {nm} Antibody Jul 06, 11:32

Kinda backwards from the days of Einstein, when they did gather a lot of empirical results, and he created the theories for them. elchan Jul 06, 13:19

No, it's always been the same process. {nm} Antibody Jul 06, 14:58

Right, Einstein traveled at the speed of light.... then he wrote about it {nm} RazorHawk Jul 06, 18:02

That's my point. Before Einstein, people were doing experiments, and then coming up with theories to explain the results. elchan Jul 06, 21:01

It both. Theories are supposed to both explain the results of previous experiments and predict the outcome of future experiments. {nm} DTravel Jul 07, 08:45

They haven't discovered the HB, just a new particle with a mass (energy) that is around what is predicted of the HB. Still need to verify PRodNano Jul 06, 12:13

I believe then got the same results more than once now. {nm} elchan Jul 06, 13:18