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Hawking Bets Kane $100 That There Is No Higgs Boson

Posted by chrisd on from the maybe-at-230gev dept.

limpdawg writes "Stephen Hawking bet Gordon Kane of the University of Michigan $100 that the Higgs Boson does not exist."

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  1. bid 75, ask 77, last 76 by mlinksva · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Foresight Exchange gives a ~3/4 chance that Higgs Boson will be discovered on or before January 1, 2005 12:00:00 GST. Hawking made a rich bet.

  2. Hawkins reason????? by jsimon12 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does Hawkins frequently take the "Devil's Advocate" stance because he wants to be proven wrong? I remember reading a piece written by him to that effect. Because if for whatever reason he is correct in there being no Higgs Boson then he would be viewed as a genius for thinking differntly, and if he is wrong, well the scientific community still wins out because it upholds existing ideas. Guess my point is this isn't the first time he has taken counterpoint at the last minute or made a bet like this.

  3. Hawkins is quite a gambler by josepha48 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Apparently this is not the first bet that Hawkins has done. He bet someone already that blackholes do not exist and he lost the bet. Good thing he is a good looser. I think he likes betting to get the other scientist to come up with proof.

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