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Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-could-have-been dept.

MarkWhittington writes "The probable discovery of the Higgs Boson particle is greeted as bittersweet news in Texas. Had the Superconducting Super Collider, at one time under construction in Waxahachie, Texas, not been cancelled by Congress in 1993 the Higgs Boson might have been confirmed a decade ago, some believe, and in America."

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  1. Not all is lost... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    At least Texas is still leading the way in Jesus based science education. USA! USA! USA!

  2. Yet Texas Schools ... by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 0, Troll

    are more interested in teaching "God" instead of the "God Particle". Hard hitting science is better left in the hands of civilized people with analytical minds -- not superstitious red necks who think with their gut and view the bible as the big book of facts.

  3. SSC boondoogle by stox · · Score: 1, Troll

    The whole SSC project was amazingly corrupt. It was fortunate it was cancelled when it was, otherwise it would have completely ruined the reputations of all involved, although many would have deserved it. Sadly, no one ever dug deep and exposed what a fiasco it was.

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    "To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
  4. Re:you have to understand by circletimessquare · · Score: 1, Troll

    obviously

    invest in infrastructure and business thrives

    now explain that to tea party dimwits who say otherwise

    you have to understand: bike lanes, public transportation and intelligent civil planning in general is a UN plot to destroy America (people actually believe this, spurred on by the paranoid schizophrenia broadcast on Faux News)... welcome to USA, 2012:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-projects-seeing-un-plot.html

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  5. Re:Texas eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    First slur against religious folks! Congrats. You have to be quick to win the bigot race on Slasdot science topics.

  6. Re:Have they actually found it? by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 0, Troll
    I take exception to just one thing you say here:

    "Oh, you know those Nobel Prizes don't mean anything because...Al Gore is fat."

    No... Al Gore's Nobel Prize doesn't mean anything because Al Gore's Nobel Prize doesn't mean anything. He did NOTHING to deserve it. They are many, many far more deserving people around than that hypocrite.