No Higgs Just Yet

gbrumfiel writes "Last month, scientists reported a number of 'excess events' that could be caused by the appearance of the long-sought Higgs boson inside the LHC. But it looks like they'll have to put the champagne back on ice. New data presented at a conference in India shows no new signs of the Higgs. The signal was probably just a statistical fluctuation."

Comments

Re:God Particle

[Archangel Michael]

Science is "looking" for the Higgs Boson particle. They THINK (believe) it exists, but have no "Proof" it exists. They are falsifying NOTHING by looking for it. Eventually, they will either find it, or not find it. IF they don't find it, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist, it just means that they can't find it.

But the point I was making was that people BELIEVE it exists, and are looking for it, without any proof that it DOES exist. In fact, we're spending BILLIONS of looking for it, so I actually hope they DO find it. But as of this moment, it makes a perfect example of where FAITH gets applied by those that deny it has any real value.

Re:God Particle

[Archangel Michael]

Cite a single objectively rational basis for believing in God.

There is none. There is no reason to believe he/she/it doesn't exist either. There is no reason why people who don't believe he exists go apeshit crazy at the sound of the word "god", but they do. And the amazing thing is they think they are being rational.

It would be more rational to ignore people who believe in god, aliens, ghosts, or whatever ...