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LHC Forces Bookmaker To Lower Odds On the Existence of God

Posted by samzenpus on from the god-particle dept.

A UK bookmaker has lowered the odds on proving that god exists to just 4-1 to coincide with the switching on of the Large Hadron Collider. The chance that physicists might discover the elusive sub-atomic object called the "God particle" has forced the odds lower. Initially the odds that proof would be found of God's existence were 20-1, and they lengthened to 33-1 when the multi-billion pound atom smasher was shut down temporarily because of a magnetic failure. A spokesman for Paddy Power said, "The atheists' planned advertising campaign seems to have renewed the debate in pubs and around office water-coolers as to whether there is a God and we've seen some of that being transferred into bets. However we advise anyone still not sure of God's existence to maybe hedge their bets for now, just in case." He added that confirmation of God's existence would have to be verified by scientists and given by an independent authority before any payouts were made. Everyone getting a payout is encouraged to tithe at least ten percent.

5 of 457 comments (clear)

  1. Don't believe, just ask by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Barrack Obama. He believes and that's good enough for me.

  2. Art. text is sato-negative. Should rewrite. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rewrite that the odds of finding a god particle have increased from 40 to 1 on 4 to 1. Reminds me of that compulsive part of Education dubbed mathematics, where the mercenary teacher uses prepared statiscal data called "probability." They throw the dice and I fucking swear that it's a Parker Brothers oijia die or somthin because there is no fucking way that the chance of hitting a number 1 of 40 will always be 1 to 40. More like 1(RAND 40)^40.

    And here we have another sensational article following Jonathon Lee Riches, where I fucking swear he wrote or maybe part of the restitution of the secret lost case of Riches vs Slashdot is for all articles to Submit Under the Influence of someone that throws more court paper than the cell block could wipe their asses

  3. God is a proper name. by S-100 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    God is a proper name, and should always be capitalized, whether you believe in him or not. For many, it's not a typo but a subtle way of establishing their atheist/agnostic cred.

    I don't believe in Santa either, but he still gets a capital "S".

  4. Re:Independent verification by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod me up or down, who gives a shit. Modpoints aren't like $USD they're only valuable if the default slashdot discussion settings treat them like they have value.

    Fixed that for you.

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    You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.
  5. Re:The "big rock" paradox is nonsense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Chuck Norris can make a square circle.