At 10:57 PM 12/12/2011, [email protected] wrote:
So far I have read, they got strong evidence, but not this high evidence that is needed for such a fundamental discovery.
They are not like Rossi. They will test it again and again and doubt and harden it by all possible methods, before they confirm it.
Scientific evidence is yet not reached. 

New Scientist calls it a "hint" :

> The ATLAS data restricts the Higgs to within 115 and 131 GeV;
CMS
rules out a Higgs heavier than 127 GeV.  

> Although both teams see an excess around the same mass, there is
not
yet enough data to claim a discovery. The ATLAS signal has a
statistical significance at 126 GeV of 2.3 sigma, meaning that the
result has around a 2 per cent chance of being down to a random
fluctuation; the comparable excess at CMS has a significance of just
1.9 sigma. 

So ... just above elimination, and well below discovery. (5 sigma or
whatever turns you on.)

Anyway, it's not the "God" particle, it's the
"Godammed" particle.






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