Any one shorting the Higg's boson stock?
On 3/17/2013 2:15 PM, nominal9 wrote: > Now.... see?..... I did not know that......"slow down" and "sticky > substance".... metaphors.... I get.... Now.... if someone could > explain it a bit more... scientifically.... for me... what force slows > "what" and "what" sticks to "what"... etc. and don't forget the > "how"... please.... > > http://www.businessinsider.com/branding-science-to-save-us-all-2013-3 > > *The “God particle”* > > The most recent example of applying branding to scientific research is > the discovery of the Higgs boson, which has been labeled the “God > particle” because its postulated existence is required to explain the > creation of the universe > <http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268744/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=jRFQTIT3> > from a scientific perspective. Most scientists hate the term > <http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/14/tech/innovation/higgs-boson-god-particle/index.html>. > In fact, the two who are credited with inventing it, Leon Lederman and > Dick Teresi, claim it was used as a joke > <http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/03/15/174440162/the-man-who-coined-the-god-particle-explains-it-was-a-joke>. > Even so, the media latched onto the term “God particle” to emphasize > its importance and to make it easier for people to understand it. > Without the branded label, The Higgs boson is not easy for the average > person to understand. It is a particle that acts like a sticky > substance, which causes sub atomic particles to slow down and stick > together to form atoms that have mass. Back in July, Scientists at > CERN in Geneva Switzerland announced that they discovered a subatomic > particle they thought was the Higgs boson. After reviewing the data > over the past 8 months, the scientists confirmed > <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/14/higgs-boson-discovery-confirmed-cern-large-hadron-collider_n_2874975.html> > their discovery. > > British physicist Peter Higgs theorized the existence of this particle > in 1964 to help explain matter and mass. According to Dick Teresi, > co-author of /The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is > the Question?/ > <http://www.amazon.com/The-God-Particle-Universe-Question/dp/0618711686>, > six other scientists helped in its theorization, but Higgs is “the > only major particle that the discoverer, or the theorist, named after > himself.” > > Bosons are one of the two basic classes of subatomic particles that > carry force and occupy the same quantum state and space no matter how > many of them are present. French physicist Paul Dirac named bosons > after the Indian physicist Satyendranath Bose who worked with Albert > Einstein in defining what they are. In addition to the Higgs boson, > other particles that exhibit this behavior include photons and gravitons > > > Read more: > http://www.businessinsider.com/branding-science-to-save-us-all-2013-3#ixzz2Np0HeUMW > > > On Sunday, March 17, 2013 2:05:46 PM UTC-4, nominal9 wrote: > > http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=781282 > <http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=781282> > > more on topic....I don't get the theory.... but am glad to hear > that Higgs is alive to see his theory proven... > > Still, the concept wasn't named until almost 50 years ago in 1964, > when Peter Higgs, the God particle's namesake, and a few other > scientists first started digging into the subject. Higgs himself > is still alive today to see his original prediction come to fruition. > > On Saturday, March 16, 2013 3:04:53 PM UTC-4, nominal9 wrote: > > Okay...... now what's the next step.......? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson> > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/science/physicists-see-higgs-boson-in-new-particle-but-more-study-is-needed.html?_r=0 > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/science/physicists-see-higgs-boson-in-new-particle-but-more-study-is-needed.html?_r=0> > > > By DENNIS OVERBYE > > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/dennis_overbye/index.html> > > > Published: March 14, 2013 > > * Facebook > * Twitter > * Google+ > * Save > * E-mail > * Share > * Print > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/science/physicists-see-higgs-boson-in-new-particle-but-more-study-is-needed.html?_r=0&pagewanted=print> > * Reprints > * > <http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html?type=goto&opzn&page=www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day&pos=Frame4A&sn2=72270860/53be7632&sn1=b5f6b105/c2fff475&camp=FSL2013_ArticleTools_120x60_1849315b_nyt5&ad=Stoker_NYT120x60_NowPlaying_March1&goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efoxsearchlight%2Ecom%2Fstoker> > > Physicists at CERN > > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/cern/index.html?inline=nyt-org>, > the European Organization for Nuclear Research, said Thursday > that the new particle discovered with enormous fanfare last > summer definitely looks like a Higgs boson > > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/h/higgs_boson/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>, > the particle famously predicted by Peter Higgs and others to > imbue elementary particles with mass. But they said they still > needed more data to understand how it works and what it means > for the universe. > > > Special Section > > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/science/chasing-the-higgs-boson-how-2-teams-of-rivals-at-CERN-searched-for-physics-most-elusive-particle.html> > > > Chasing the Higgs > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/science/chasing-the-higgs-boson-how-2-teams-of-rivals-at-CERN-searched-for-physics-most-elusive-particle.html> > > How two armies of scientists closed in on physics’ most > elusive particle. > > * Video: Collision Course > > <http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/03/04/science/100000002094542/higgs-boson-a-cern-collision-course.html> > * Timeline: Higgs, From Theory to Reality > > <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/03/05/science/higgs-boson-timeline.html> > > Science Twitter Logo. <http://twitter.com/#%21/nytimesscience> > > > Connect With Us on Social Media > <http://twitter.com/#%21/nytimesscience> > > @nytimesscience <http://twitter.com/#%21/nytimesscience> on > Twitter. > > * Science Reporters and Editors on Twitter > > <https://twitter.com/nytimesscience/sci-times-reporters-eds/members> > > Like the science desk on Facebook. > <http://www.facebook.com/nytimesscience> > > “The preliminary results with the full 2012 data set are > magnificent,” Joe Incandela, a professor at the University of > California, Santa Barbara > > <http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/university_of_california/index.html?inline=nyt-org>, > and leader of one of the discovery teams, said in a statement > released by CERN. “To me it is clear that we are dealing with > a Higgs boson, though we still have a long way to go to know > what kind of Higgs boson it is.” > > After rummaging through the data from some 2,000 trillion > collisions of subatomic particles in the Large Hadron Collider > > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/large_hadron_collider/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier> > — more than twice as much data as led to the original > discovery — physicists meeting at a workshop in La Thuile, > Italy > > <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/italy/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>, > said that they still did not know if there was only one Higgs > boson, as predicted by the Standard Model, the reigning theory > in physics, or if the new particle was only the lightest of a > whole set of Higgs bosons, a circumstance envisioned by some > more advanced and speculative theories. > > The verdict will hinge on more detailed measurements of the > particle’s properties, like its spin and how it decays > relative to other particles. The Higgs boson is supposed to > have no spin at all; it is the knuckleball of the subatomic > world. > > CERN’s collider, just outside Geneva, is now down for two > years of repairs, but its teams have stockpiled their > unanalyzed data, and look forward to the prospect of more > years of high-energy collisions starting in 2015. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Epistemology" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- Onward! Stephen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. 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