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So, just how excited are you about the discovery of the Higgs Boson?
Im really trying but........
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Boxy, Listening to a scientist yesterday who has been working on this, it seems there is great excitement at the potential discoveries that this confirmation could lead to - currently unknown physics being one of them - so work will continue and the 'tunnel' will not be redundant. I find the prospect quite fascinating.
This link which was posted a day or so ago explains what the Higgs is better than anything else I have seen
http:// www.phy sics.up ...epex /higgs_ boson.h tml
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I am pleased about it. The discovery points us in the general direction of how to discover the nature of "dark matter" (the majority of the matter in the universe). It also helps theorists to reduce the number of possible theories connecting quantum physics and gravity - which is the big discovery we are awaiting.
"I might be interested if I could understand it. Science was not my best subject!! Excited, no. It won't change my life." LoftyLottie
Don't be too sure about that.
Many discoveries at the time they were made seemed to have no practical use.
Much of the technology most of us rely on today would not have been invented and would not work without the understanding of the universe that stems from relativity and quantum mechanics.
Don't be too sure about that.
Many discoveries at the time they were made seemed to have no practical use.
Much of the technology most of us rely on today would not have been invented and would not work without the understanding of the universe that stems from relativity and quantum mechanics.
if it wasn't for atom smashing we would not have a lot of things that are taken for granted today. No doubt at the time of the early atom splitters there where the "what use it it" brigade spouting their usual uninformed bilge. Ever watch a CRT? yes? then you have benefited from particle physics. Fortunately physics does not discriminate against ignorance.
Science is a subculture much the way that soap operas or sport is.
Is Andy Murry in the semi or quarter finals or the Chrismas episode of East Enders ( can't remember who was marrying or mudering who this year) going to change the world?
No
Do people get excited?
Yes
I certainly get more excited about something like this than England winning the World cup because it's a subculture I take an interest in.
I'd like to think it's more valuable because it contributes to the sum of human knowledge and has been a titanic technical achievement.
But I understand if people can relate more to a couple of dozen overpaid male models kicking a bit of leather about
Is Andy Murry in the semi or quarter finals or the Chrismas episode of East Enders ( can't remember who was marrying or mudering who this year) going to change the world?
No
Do people get excited?
Yes
I certainly get more excited about something like this than England winning the World cup because it's a subculture I take an interest in.
I'd like to think it's more valuable because it contributes to the sum of human knowledge and has been a titanic technical achievement.
But I understand if people can relate more to a couple of dozen overpaid male models kicking a bit of leather about
>>>Many discoveries at the time they were made seemed to have no practical use.
I believe the laser beam was invented / discovered, but nobody knew what to "do" with it.
Now we have laser beams playing our CDs and DVDs, we have laser beams scanning our shopping when the pay for it, laser beams doing operations and so on.
I believe the laser beam was invented / discovered, but nobody knew what to "do" with it.
Now we have laser beams playing our CDs and DVDs, we have laser beams scanning our shopping when the pay for it, laser beams doing operations and so on.
Quite excited, inasmuch as, if correct, it adds to the weight of the standard model.
CERN is such a major project, grand in concept and design, so it is good to see experiments at the very borders of our understanding paying dividends.
The only downside is that it doesnt look like finding it is going to speed up the delivery of my anti-gravity jet boots, which is a shame :)
CERN is such a major project, grand in concept and design, so it is good to see experiments at the very borders of our understanding paying dividends.
The only downside is that it doesnt look like finding it is going to speed up the delivery of my anti-gravity jet boots, which is a shame :)
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