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Old 6th July 2012, 1:21 PM   #106
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Apparently the Higgs boson is only responsible for some of the mass that particles have. Quantum chromodynamics explains the rest.
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Old 6th July 2012, 1:42 PM   #107
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Apparently the Higgs boson is only responsible for some of the mass that particles have. Quantum chromodynamics explains the rest.
^^ that is so screwed up... the mind really boggles....
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Old 6th July 2012, 1:45 PM   #108
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Old 6th July 2012, 1:56 PM   #109
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far out just look at the tweets: https://twitter.com/DerpParticle
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far out just look at the tweets: https://twitter.com/DerpParticle
It makes me sad to think I have to live on the same planet as these people.
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Old 6th July 2012, 3:10 PM   #111
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why did they call it god particle?
to confuse?
as a big FU to religions?
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Old 6th July 2012, 3:18 PM   #112
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perhaps to secure funding from "alternative" sources?
attention grabbing headlines with GOD PARTICLE FOUND and the like probably doesnt help things.
i wonder what percentage of people actually know wtf is going on.
or who know what the LHC is for (or even knew of its existence..)


really though, they have to be thinking that in retrospect, it was probably a poor choice of nickname for the particle, lol.
i mean, i'm no science geek, i try and keep up with things, a lot does go over my head - but at least i'm nowhere near that level of ignorance
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yea my only understanding is that it proves the existence of the first particle that caused the big bang?? no idea how accurate that is
feel free to flame my ignorance


once I watch the minutephysics video, it may clarify things a bit :P
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*facepalm* I am speechless...
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yea my only understanding is that it proves the existence of the first particle that caused the big bang?? no idea how accurate that is
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once I watch the minutephysics video, it may clarify things a bit :P
mine is that they have found, or 99.999999 whatever % found, a short lived particle that determines mass of those around it, which was theorized but never actually proven/seen/studied.

or something.
edit: amiright?!

again, 90% of it goes way over my head.
and like others in the thread, i cannot fathom any real world benefits or near-future applications of the research.
far off future, yes, but really, who doesnt want to see a future with hoverboards, flying cars, warpspeed starships etc anyway...
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does any of this help to explain dark matter?
i thought that was one of the biggest mysteries
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does any of this help to explain dark matter?
i thought that was one of the biggest mysteries
It might. Assuming if higgs gives other particles mass then it quite possibly could give dark matter 'mass'?*


* - I work in IT not physics I have no idea wtf I'm talking about .
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To a large part of the population, we in IT fix things like the LHC, so we know all about them.
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To a large part of the population, we in IT fix things like the LHC, so we know all about them.
Really, I thought IT was like 'the IT Crowd' without the funny bits....
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good to hear that they found but now to wait for all the people to go around saying bad stuff will happen..
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