I suppose that a careful review of previous Noble prize awards would reveal that many were in error according to present understanding of the sciences. Would a longer wait time actually help? My thoughts are that it would indeed be better to allow the dust to settle for several years while other scientists have an opportunity to verify the concept. Unfortunately, if the wait is too extended the scientists might not be alive to accept their well deserved prizes.
In the case of the Higgs, the wait was not sufficient and now the award may become an embarrassment for the prize committee. Lets hope that they take a lesson from history. Dave -----Original Message----- From: H Veeder <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Nov 9, 2014 3:26 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:CERN and NO Higggs Particle Nov 7 2014 On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 1:07 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: It has been my suspicion all along that these guys jumped to a conclusion much too quickly. I thing of someone finding a 16 pound weight and announcing that they have found a bowling ball. Until the true interactions of a particle are established no one can be confident in what they find. This is a sad chapter in the long sorry story of established science. I hope that one day the system can be improved. It was uncharacteristic of the Nobel committee to issue a prize so soon after a "discovery", but I think they were taken in by the grandiosity of the project. harry
