On 12th Day before Christmas, the ATLAS money-pit collaboration found that a Higgs mass from 145 to 206 GeV has been excluded by their testing, and today the geniuses have ‘probably’ limited the particle to a range of 115–130 GeV.
What a bunch of unmitigated pomposity. Give them a continuing 5 billion per annum - and in few decades, wow - they could probably get it right. Isn’t it about time for a big dose of “Occupy CERN”. I have not followed this boondoggle too closely, as the wastefulness of the entire program makes me quite ill (juxtaposed against more promising endeavors that go unfunded). The cost of whatever knowledge is derived from this deep pit will greatly exceeds its value… and to make things worse… for the spiritually inclined, the hypocrites (many openly atheistic) who pocket these gigabucks, have the gall to associate their search closely with divinity in order to keep the millions of taxpayer largess pouring into the bottomless pit. “God-particle” my ass. More like the perfect swindle. Bah humbug. Why does this bring out the Ebenezer in those of us who try to show some sympathy for the downtrodden, this time of year? CERN is to science what Goldman-Sucks is to banking. Nevertheless…. There could be a bit of potential coincidence in the numbers being bandied about, vis-à-vis the mass of the proton. Just out of curiosity – is there any suggestion that (or how) the fine structure constant could be involved in Higgs? … and what is a gaggle of protons anyway – 137? Is that coincidental with the GeV mass/energy range they are talking about. If Higgs turns out to be exactly 137 times 938+ MeV (or whatever it is, as even this mass is not certain) then have we really found anything that could not be predicted as accurately by an old man sitting in front of a computer? Maybe by the 12th day of Christmas in 2121, 137 protons will magically fall from the money tree …. and the ATLAS collaborators will say announce to an adoring New World Order … thanks to our continuing efforts, you-know-who has finally returned. Pass the collection plate, please.
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