Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:02 pm  

If so can anyone here explain it so I understand?

(slowly and using short words please)

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:08 pm  

It'd be like finding God.

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:10 pm  

They want to know how MASS is created, trying to recreate a scaled down version of the big bang (when they think mass was first created) to see if it answer their questions.

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:32 pm  

Mintball wrote:

It'd be like finding God.

Except for the fact that the Higgs Bosun is unlikely to condemn you to an eternity of torment in a lake of fire for not believing in it.

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:33 pm  

There was a particle physicist explaining it on 5 live today and the public response included on guy who said 'your wrong, god created everything, get over it'

How did we ever get out of caves !!!

I found it a bit more understandable when someone explained that the universe is full of 'stuff' some has mass and some doesn't and this 'thingymagig' is what determines 'stuff' that has mass.

Apparently, if it doesn't exist, you have all failed your maths O levels/GCSE's etc as science has got it wrong from the off.

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:40 pm  

Rock God X wrote:

Mintball wrote:

It'd be like finding God.

Except for the fact that the Higgs Bosun is unlikely to condemn you to an eternity of torment in a lake of fire for not believing in it.

Are you sure?

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:55 pm  

Dally wrote:

Rock God X wrote:

Mintball wrote:

It'd be like finding God.

Except for the fact that the Higgs Bosun is unlikely to condemn you to an eternity of torment in a lake of fire for not believing in it.

Are you sure?

The worst you'll get from a bosun is the opportunity to discover the golden rivet

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:29 pm  

The Higgs is overrated in the media. But basically one theory is that, when it comes down to the most fundamental particles, this is the one that makes all particles "weigh" something, i.e. have mass. Find a way to extract Higgs Bosons from the rest of the particles, and you could for example get a "weightless" spacecraft, and empty Weightwatchers meetings halls.

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:31 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

The Higgs is overrated in the media. But basically one theory is that, when it comes down to the most fundamental particles, this is the one that makes all particles "weigh" something, i.e. have mass. Find a way to extract Higgs Bosons from the rest of the particles, and you could for example get a "weightless" spacecraft, and empty Weightwatchers meetings halls.

So somewhere, within each of us, we have the Higgs Boson?

Re: Higgs Boson found? : Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:39 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

So somewhere, within each of us, we have the Higgs Boson?

Yes, like The Force.