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Rumors of Higgs Boson Discovery At LHC

Posted by samzenpus on from the maybe-maybe-not dept.

Magnifico writes "LiveScience is reporting that scientists are abuzz over a controversial rumor that the 'God particle' has been detected by a particle-detection experiment at LHC at CERN. The Higgs boson rumor is based on what appears to be a leaked internal note from physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 17-mile-long particle accelerator near Geneva, Switzerland. It's not entirely clear at this point if the memo is authentic... The buzz started when an anonymous commenter recently posted an abstract of the note on Columbia University mathematician Peter Woit's blog, Not Even Wrong. This could be a flat-out hoax or a statistical anomaly or... confirmation of the particle that bestows mass on all the other particles."

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  1. Higgs boson has arisen? by 3seas · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is easter..... and it is a rumor too!

    1. Re:Higgs boson has arisen? by Arancaytar · · Score: 4, Funny

      An Easter higg, in other words?

    2. Re:Higgs boson has arisen? by AJWM · · Score: 5, Funny

      Happy Zombie Jesus day to you too...

      Not zombie, vampire.

      Consider: a good reason to dislike crosses, drinking from the Holy Grail (which contained Christ's blood) confers immortality, and the very phrase "this is my blood you drink".

      I mean, it's obvious.

      That and the whole Romans vs Christians thing. Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus, who were raised by a wolf. It's clearly the whole werewolves vs vampires feud.

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    3. Re:Higgs boson has arisen? by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh dear gods... As if it wasn't bad enough, you've just connected Christianity with Twilight. You just halved my IQ and I'll never forgive you.

  2. Nah it's just by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's just a "Budgeton". these things appear whenever funding gets shaky.

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  3. Re:Can't be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Somehow it's Obama's fault...

  4. Higgs discovery is the long awaited blockbuster. by JoeThoughtful · · Score: 5, Funny

    Strange how such a small rumor has so quickly acquired such large mass.

  5. Re:Can't be by TheDarkPassenger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does it weigh more than a duck?

  6. Re:Stop Calling it "The God Particle" by heptapod · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indeed, it's just the Jesus Particle. It decayed for your sins and on the third day became Americanium 237.

  7. Re:Can't be by rubycodez · · Score: 4, Funny

    it has one duck-mass, neutral buoyancy, comprised of three quacks which break echo symmetry, and decays by moulting.

  8. Re:Stop Calling it "The God Particle" by JamesP · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's call it the HFCS particle, since it makes everything heavy...

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  9. Higgs-Boson particle walks into a church... by rueger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Priest says "Hey! You're not allowed in here!"

    HB says "Oh yeah? Without me you've got no mass!"

    Buh-duh_boomph... I'm here all week...

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