Proof of 'God particle' found

smash · 03-07-2012 1:53pm #1

GENEVA (AP) — Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher plan to announce Wednesday that they have gathered enough evidence to show that the long-sought "God particle" answering fundamental questions about the universe almost certainly does exist.

But after decades of work and billions of dollars spent, researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, aren't quite ready to say they've "discovered" the particle.

Instead, experts familiar with the research at CERN's vast complex on the Swiss-French border say that the massive data they have obtained will essentially show the footprint of the key particle known as the Higgs boson — all but proving it exists — but doesn't allow them to say it has actually been glimpsed.

It appears to be a fine distinction.

http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-proof-god-particle-found-131226045.html

TL;DR The data the scientists have collected shows the footprint of the Higgs boson particle.

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Sky King · 03-07-2012 1:56pm

Jesus!

summerskin · 03-07-2012 1:58pm

Sky King wrote: »

Jesus!

Jesus, son of Higgs Boson Particle just doesn't have the same ring to it. And how will people know when to sit, stand or kneel? Or will they just run around in circles really really fast to show their respect for the particle that created them?

FatherLen · 03-07-2012 1:59pm

cool, and here was the rest of us just thinking the collider was just going to create a black hole and kill us all.

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 2:00pm

But sure you don't need proof when you have faith ................ God probably made it all happen anyway :rolleyes:.

mikom · 03-07-2012 2:00pm

The ould nuns are gonna have a fair job flattening that particle into a communion host.

Anyone · 03-07-2012 2:00pm

Thank God for science!

Spore · 03-07-2012 2:01pm

This. Changes. Everything.

Lol wut?

Duckworth_Luas · 03-07-2012 2:06pm

Science H. Logic! :eek:

Chips Ahoy · 03-07-2012 2:06pm

This was my reaction when i heard this,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcyRaLzVcMs

Nothingbetter2d · 03-07-2012 2:06pm

do muslims call the god particle the allah particle?

CardBordWindow · 03-07-2012 2:07pm

FatherLen wrote: »

cool, and here was the rest of us just thinking the collider was just going to create a black hole and kill us all.

They're not finished yet!

Chips Ahoy · 03-07-2012 2:11pm

I'm treating science like religion now, as in i don't understand it but i take a gaint leap of faith and just accept it.

Does this help prove the string theory? Cause i cant read that again my head nearly exploded the first time.

Nodin · 03-07-2012 2:12pm

smash wrote: »

http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-proof-god-particle-found-131226045.html

TL;DR The data the scientists have collected shows the footprint of the Higgs boson particle.

If I say three decades of the rosary to it every tuesday for a month, will I win the lotto?

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 2:14pm

CardBordWindow wrote: »

They're not finished yet!

Of course, if it look's like that is going to happen we'll be told it's Gods' revenge for doubting - either way we can't win.

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 2:15pm

Nodin wrote: »

If I say three decades of the rosary to it every tuesday for a month, will I win the lotto?

Most definitely.

Stiffler2 · 03-07-2012 2:16pm

Great - Q all the religious fanatics saying "I told you so".....

03-07-2012 2:16pm

Chips Ahoy wrote: »

Does this help prove the string theory? Cause i cant read that again my head nearly exploded the first time.

Did you read all of the string theory?

Nothingbetter2d · 03-07-2012 2:17pm

Nodin wrote: »

If I say three decades of the rosary to it every tuesday for a month, will I win the lotto?

no you'll need to also attend several novenas and offer to help out with cleaning the church windows once a month.

Pushtrak · 03-07-2012 2:17pm

The big announcement is coming tomorrow... Will be interesting.

Chips Ahoy · 03-07-2012 2:20pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Did you read all of the string theory?

Obviously not. Good read if your in bed , will send you straight to sleep.

MisterEpicurus · 03-07-2012 2:41pm

They're going to announce that they found the God Particle, but that they lost it again.

smash · 03-07-2012 2:44pm

MisterEpicurus wrote: »

They're going to announce that they found the God Particle, but that they lost it again.

And then the Christians are going to say "But who made the God particle?"

Roadend · 03-07-2012 2:46pm

That story just gave me a large hardon

MagicSean · 03-07-2012 2:47pm

So the proof is that there is a gap where nothing but the god particle could exist so therefore it must exist. A bit too religious for my liking.

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 2:49pm

smash wrote: »

And then the Christians are going to say "But who made the God particle?"

And argue that the biblical version of the creation of the universe is just a 'more poetic' description of it. After all, the bible is no longer meant to be taken literally.

steddyeddy · 03-07-2012 2:50pm

As far as I know its a mass giving particle (in theory) that gives mass to other fundamental particles.

BillyMitchel · 03-07-2012 2:50pm

No idea what this means at all. They've found god or it's still a mystery? If they found evidence then which god have they found?! Does he have a long white beard?

kincsem · 03-07-2012 2:53pm

— all but proving it exists —

So it's down to believing. :rolleyes:

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 2:53pm

BillyMitchel wrote: »

No idea what this means at all. They've found god or it's still a mystery? If they found evidence then which god have they found?! Does he have a long white beard?

They've found scientific evidence to explain the origin of the universe, therefore offering proof that it was not God's creation.

Real Life · 03-07-2012 2:55pm

BillyMitchel wrote: »

No idea what this means at all. They've found god or it's still a mystery? If they found evidence then which god have they found?! Does he have a long white beard?

i think it means the opposite

MagicSean · 03-07-2012 2:55pm

kincsem wrote: »

— all but proving it exists —

So it's down to believing. :rolleyes:

Apparently even science requires a bit of faith.

smash · 03-07-2012 2:55pm

kincsem wrote: »

— all but proving it exists —

So it's down to believing. :rolleyes:

Well having proof which suggests it exists because they have found it's footprint, is a lot different than having a belief that something exists because a book says so.

Nothingbetter2d · 03-07-2012 2:56pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

They've found scientific evidence to explain the origin of the universe, therefore offering proof that it was not God's creation.

but now bible bashers will say who created the boson particle? GOD ?

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 2:57pm

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

but now bible bashers will say who created the boson particle? GOD ?

I already pointed that out.

Do try to keep up

smash · 03-07-2012 2:57pm

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

but now bible bashers will say who created the boson particle? GOD ?

you're 12 minutes late :P

Chuck Stone · 03-07-2012 2:57pm

The Hog's Bassoon?

Nothingbetter2d · 03-07-2012 2:58pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

I already pointed that out.

Do try to keep up

no the haydron collider didn't create the particle, it merely proved it exists... something had to create one 13.7bil years ago to form our universe, long before the collider was built

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 3:00pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

But sure you don't need proof when you have faith ................ God probably made it all happen anyway :rolleyes:.

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

but now bible bashers will say who created the boson particle? GOD ?

smash wrote: »

you're 12 minutes late :P

56 mins late.................

BillyMitchel · 03-07-2012 3:00pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

BillyMitchel wrote: »

No idea what this means at all. They've found god or it's still a mystery? If they found evidence then which god have they found?! Does he have a long white beard?

They've found scientific evidence to explain the origin of the universe, therefore offering proof that it was not God's creation.

Thanks for that. This should be interesting. If this is true and proof is found then surely this would be the greatest discovery ever??

The churches response should be good.

I feel a Dan Brown novel here. All the scientists will be killed before they pass the information on to the public.

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 3:01pm

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

no the haydron collider didn't create the particle, it merely proved it exists... something had to create one 13.7bil years ago to form our universe, long before the collider was built

shopaholic01 wrote: »

But sure you don't need proof when you have faith ................ God probably made it all happen anyway :rolleyes:.

Covered at 2pm ............................

Nothingbetter2d · 03-07-2012 3:02pm

the big question bible bashers need to ask themselves is if nothing existed before the universe then how could god itself have existed?

Nothingbetter2d · 03-07-2012 3:02pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Covered at 2pm ............................

im too lazy to go back through all the posts.

MagicSean · 03-07-2012 3:03pm

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Thanks for that. This should be interesting. If this is true and proof is found then surely this would be the greatest discovery ever??

The churches response should be good.

I feel a Dan Brown novel here. All the scientists will be killed before they pass the information on to the public.

They haven't actually found proof, they found a "footprint". Basically they confirmed that it likely exists based on circumstantial evidence. In the same way the church prove that God exists. This won't change anything.

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 3:04pm

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

the big question bible bashers need to ask themselves is if nothing existed before the universe then how could god itself have existed?

Sure isn't he like a circle - no beginning and no ending?

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

im too lazy to go back through all the posts.

Then it's no wonder you can't keep up.

FatherLen · 03-07-2012 3:04pm

MagicSean wrote: »

In the same way the church prove that God exists.

what way would that be?

saiint · 03-07-2012 3:05pm

shopaholic01 wrote: »

But sure you don't need proof when you have faith ................ God probably made it all happen anyway :rolleyes:.

oh god:rolleyes:

BillyMitchel · 03-07-2012 3:06pm

MagicSean wrote: »

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Thanks for that. This should be interesting. If this is true and proof is found then surely this would be the greatest discovery ever??

The churches response should be good.

I feel a Dan Brown novel here. All the scientists will be killed before they pass the information on to the public.

They haven't actually found proof, they found a "footprint". Basically they confirmed that it likely exists based on circumstantial evidence. In the same way the church prove that God exists. This won't change anything.

Thanks I wish I had a science teacher like you in school to explain things, mine just wore very tight tops and distracted me all day.

leddpipe · 03-07-2012 3:06pm

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-higgs-boson-discovery-speculation-20120702,0,7065933.story

Scientists working on the data point out that none of the commenters in the blogs or mentioned by name in the news articles is involved in analyzing the data -- so just like everyone else, they could be speculating.

shopaholic01 · 03-07-2012 3:07pm

saiint wrote: »

oh god:rolleyes:

Actually it's now 'no god':D

I wasn't being serious btw, like the bible you weren't meant to take that literally.

Nothingbetter2d · 03-07-2012 3:08pm

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Thanks I wish I had a science teacher like you in school to explain things, mine just wore very tight tops and distracted me all day.

mine used to throw tantrums then cry like a big baby... he had a nervous breakdown at some point in the past.... I wonder if Mr. Curry still teaches.

Proof of 'God particle' found

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