Higgs boson - now what ?

[davedotcom]

Didn't the recent neutrino 'incident' at CERN (or was it another collider in Italy?) support the theory of time travel, whilst also calling into question Einsteins Special Theory of Relativity?

I know these results have not been fully verified but at least it shows that established theories in science are questioned by scientists when new evidence is revealed.

[artdemole]

Originally Posted by RoyW

Really?

I'd suggest that things like this, and especially the things that you really want to find, actually leap forward in time.
How else could they suddenly appear in places that you know you have searched, some time later, after you have turned over the entire house looking for them?

I gave up looking..Had some new socks for a recent birthday present.....

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by RoyW

Really?

I'd suggest that things like this, and especially the things that you really want to find, actually leap forward in time.
How else could they suddenly appear in places that you know you have searched, some time later, after you have turned over the entire house looking for them?

I feel that there is in fact some tide involved in this. Yesterday, I could find 6 pairs of glasses, 2 weeks ago I couldn't find any, today the tide is ebbing again, only pairs to be found. I do in fact own about 8 pairs, but number is seldom achieved. Don't get me started with handkerchieves, I buy 6 every time I can't find one, currently they have replaced all my socks.

[eeyore]

another possibility is a tribe of a small gremlins living in the attic which live in villages made of biros and thatched with post it notes - the homeless gremlins camp in tents made of socks, and they harness solar power by using spectacle lenses to focus the suns rays to cook

[Meta menardi]

Originally Posted by eeyore

another possibility is a tribe of a small gremlins living in the attic which live in villages made of biros and thatched with post it notes - the homeless gremlins camp in tents made of socks, and they harness solar power by using spectacle lenses to focus the suns rays to cook

Y' know Eeyore, you may have something there. I may mount an expedition...

[hank]

Originally Posted by nytecam

Whilst WAB is a sane forum free from "spirituality/mumbo jumbo/woo-woo" - this astronomy forum is not with a typical 'beer or beans" approach if it gets 'too difficult'.

Priceless !

On an equally sane note, I think CERN is an essential establishment. I remember in the days of B&W TV, there was a documentary on how they found the W and Z particle; if only they'd repeat it, there'd be a lot more people understanding its value. These days, Brian Cox and Co bombard us with science instead of educating us with it.

On time travel, you can't travel backwards or forwards in time. It's just that time slows down, the faster you travel.

H.

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by hank

On time travel, you can't travel backwards or forwards in time. It's just that time slows down, the faster you travel.

H.

Doh! And there's me thinking I could go backwards in time to do last saturdays lottery number before its drawn. But then I guess there'd be a few million folk doing the same thing and we'd all end up with a tenner.

Well I'm sure they'll make good use of this Higgs Boson particle but I don't think it'll be in my lifetime. If we could fast forward 50 years then we might know.

[hank]

It seems they've found yet another particle ............

BBC News - LHC reports discovery of its first new particle

Why don't they name it after something that means something? Like Biro or Sock ............... ?

H.

[nytecam]

Originally Posted by hank

It seems they've found yet another particle ............

BBC News - LHC reports discovery of its first new particle

Why don't they name it after something that means something? Like Biro or Sock ............... ? H.

Thanks Hank - interesting read

It shall be known as 'Hank' after he who found it [on BBC News] or Chi_b (3P) as quoted in the text - take your pick