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The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and the Chicago Cubs

Posted by kdawson on from the all-the-time-in-the-world dept.

Following up our earlier discussion of the theory that the Higgs boson might time-travel to avoid being found, reader gpronger notes an interview with MIT (and LHC) physicist Steven Nahn, in which he comments on Nielsen and Ninomiya's unlikely-sounding theory. "The premise is fairly crazy, but many things in physics are constructed that way... The difference here is that... previous 'crazy' ideas gave consequences that were clearly testable and attestable to the new nature of the theory, in an objective manner, and involved the behavior of inanimate objects (i.e., not humans). However, in this case, the consequences seem quite contrived... Exactly in line with their argument, I could say that Nature abhors the Chicago Cubs, such that the theory which describes the evolution of our universe prescribed Steve Bartman to interfere on October 14, 2003, extending the 'bad luck' of the Cubbies."

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  1. Whoa by Kell+Bengal · · Score: 5, Informative

    Least coherent summary ever. I read it twice and I'm still not sure I understand what we're talking about.

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  2. Re:Analogy? by mooglez · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't get it, can you give me a cars' analogy?

    Imagine you just got your dream car.

    Everytime you try to go on a drive with it, something happens to it.
    The kids poked the wheels, a meteor fell trough the engine compartment, the steering wheel just fell of...