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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. Re:Well, duh! by name*censored* · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    EOTWAWKI

    R.E.M. - ItEoTWAWKi(AIFF).mp3

    ftfy, ac.

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  2. Re:Whoa by TJamieson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    BTW, GO CARDS! Damn, they didn't even make the playoffs this year =(

    Yeah, and didn't they get swept a couple years back by a certain Boston team? :-) (Sorry, I had to)

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  3. Re:Whoa by Chas · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The Cubs could win a world series -- but there's only one group of people who could make it happen. That's the Cubs fans.

    Yeah. But only if the baseball season is being replicated on a gaming console. IRL, the Cubs make more money as lovable losers than they ever would as champions (and then former champions).

    It's a prime example of vertical marketing at it's finest.

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