Re: [FRIAM] CERN to announce Higgs boson observation at LHC | ExtremeTech

2011-12-13 Thread Gillian Densmore
Not a expert on string theory in so far as I know Green and co. MIGHT prefer to use some mechanic other than the Higgs Boson to explain how and why stuff gets mass. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Greg Sonnenfeld gsonn...@gmail.com wrote: I think the odds are quite high that there will be a

Re: [FRIAM] CERN to announce Higgs boson observation at LHC | ExtremeTech

2011-12-12 Thread Douglas Roberts
Been hearing rumors of this for about a week. On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Tom Johnson t...@jtjohnson.com wrote: fyi http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/108599-cern-to-announce-higgs-boson-observation-at-lhc Perhaps. We shall see. -tj

Re: [FRIAM] CERN to announce Higgs boson observation at LHC | ExtremeTech

2011-12-12 Thread Gillian Densmore
Not a physicist myself- one of the articles the article linked to did mention the possablility of there not being a higgs-boson but other mechanics to explain how stuff aquires mass. -GD On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Tom Johnson t...@jtjohnson.com wrote: fyi

Re: [FRIAM] CERN to announce Higgs boson observation at LHC | ExtremeTech

2011-12-12 Thread Carl Tollander
Another discussion: http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/ I think the odds are quite high that there will be a press conference. One should not take anything said as evidence for or against any particular string theory, despite what media commentary will happen afterwards. carl On

Re: [FRIAM] CERN to announce Higgs boson observation at LHC | ExtremeTech

2011-12-12 Thread Greg Sonnenfeld
I think the odds are quite high that there will be a press conference. Yes, i would say it falls between 2.0 and 3.5 standard deviations. Greg Sonnenfeld Junior programmers create simple solutions to simple problems. Senior programmers create complex solutions to