Higgs, on the (almost) eve of the discovery of the Boson...

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2012/jun/28/peter-higgs-in-the-spotlight

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http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2012/jun/28/peter-higgs-in-the-spotlight-Saw the above article, but there has been a bit of back and forth on whether they really had a 5 sigma. Woit thinks they may;-http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=4790

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http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2012/jun/28/peter-higgs-in-the-spotlight&am... 
> Saw the above article, but there has been a bit of back and forth on whether they really had a 5 sigma. Woit thinks they may;
> 
> http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=4790-Not yet by a whisker:-http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWITZERLAND_GOD_PARTICLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-07-02-09-27-46

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http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2012/jun/28/peter-higgs-in-the-spotlight&am... > 
> > Saw the above article, but there has been a bit of back and forth on whether they really had a 5 sigma. Woit thinks they may;
> > 
> > http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=4790
> 
> Not yet by a whisker:
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> http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWITZERLAND_GOD_PARTICLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=... confirmed."-And Tony complains that they all shout dogma...

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http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2012/jun/28/peter-higgs-in-the-spotlight&am... > > 
> > > Saw the above article, but there has been a bit of back and forth on whether they really had a 5 sigma. Woit thinks they may;
> > > 
> > > http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=4790
> > 
> > Not yet by a whisker:
> > 
> > http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWITZERLAND_GOD_PARTICLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=... 
> LOL
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> "nearly confirmed."
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> And Tony complains that they all shout dogma...-Another almost almost:-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702141716.htm

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At five sigma, it is a boson, and probably the one predicted by Higgs:-http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/us-science-higgs-idUSBRE86008K20120704

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Stenger on Higgs:-http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/higgs-and-significiance_b_1649808.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=070512&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief

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Stenger on Higgs:
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/victor-stenger/higgs-and-significiance_b_1649808.html?utm... is still confusing. More commentary:-http://www.nature.com/news/theorists-feast-on-higgs-data-1.11018

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> Higgs is still confusing. More commentary:
> 
> http://www.nature.com/news/theorists-feast-on-higgs-data-1.11018-True, but it's the dawn of a new discovery.-What separates a scientist from the public?-" "Right now," he says, "I want to listen to the data rather than thinking about theories.""

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> > Higgs is still confusing. More commentary:
> > 
> > http://www.nature.com/news/theorists-feast-on-higgs-data-1.11018
> 
> True, but it's the dawn of a new discovery.
> 
> What separates a scientist from the public?
> 
> " "Right now," he says, "I want to listen to the data rather than thinking about theories.""-This is the best commentary I've seen. Higgs reminds us that you cannot get something from nothing.-http://philosophyinthecity.info/barry-dainton-on-the-higgs-boson-particle/

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> > > Higgs is still confusing. More commentary:
> > > 
> > > http://www.nature.com/news/theorists-feast-on-higgs-data-1.11018
> > 
> > True, but it's the dawn of a new discovery.
> > 
> > What separates a scientist from the public?
> > 
> > " "Right now," he says, "I want to listen to the data rather than thinking about theories.""
> 
> This is the best commentary I've seen. Higgs reminds us that you cannot get something from nothing.
> 
> http://philosophyinthecity.info/barry-dainton-on-the-higgs-boson-particle/-We already went through this. "Nothing" doesn't exist.

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> > > > Higgs is still confusing. More commentary:
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.nature.com/news/theorists-feast-on-higgs-data-1.11018
> > > 
> > > True, but it's the dawn of a new discovery.
> > > 
> > > What separates a scientist from the public?
> > > 
> > > " "Right now," he says, "I want to listen to the data rather than thinking about theories.""
> > 
> > This is the best commentary I've seen. Higgs reminds us that you cannot get something from nothing.
> > 
> > http://philosophyinthecity.info/barry-dainton-on-the-higgs-boson-particle/&... 
> We already went through this. "Nothing" doesn't exist.-Of course, by definition. So there was always something, First Cause, ipso facto.

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