Moderator sanctioned "CERN: The Big Bang" thread.
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Here's hoping that whatever happens, the people of tomorrow will use the search forums function.
(Bumping this thread as a hint to stave off those that currently don't search for an existing thread, and by creating new ones bring about the end of the world in their own way)
(Bumping this thread as a hint to stave off those that currently don't search for an existing thread, and by creating new ones bring about the end of the world in their own way)
You see i feel safer, now that i know Gordon Freeman's there. Before i was worried but that proves they've taken all possible eventualities into account.
One thing I'm unsure about
If they discover the Higgs Boson, does that mean Einstein, Newton and the like were wrong?
If they don't, can we assume God exists?
If they discover the Higgs Boson, does that mean Einstein, Newton and the like were wrong?
If they don't, can we assume God exists?
I first knew about this when I read about it in Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.
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It just goes to show that for all the millions of years that our race has existed, there is still much to learn.
Things that I would like to see come out from this:
Gravity Gun
And an even more awesome Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. Only it won't be named Aperture.
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It just goes to show that for all the millions of years that our race has existed, there is still much to learn.
Things that I would like to see come out from this:
Gravity Gun
And an even more awesome Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. Only it won't be named Aperture.
No. They are approximations of the underlying truth - the behaviour of which can be predicted using these mathematical 'models'.The_root_of_all_evil post=18.69854.713428 said:One thing I'm unsure about
If they discover the Higgs Boson, does that mean Einstein, Newton and the like were wrong?
If they don't, can we assume God exists?
These 'models' are not reality. Therefore it is perfectly acceptable to have multiple ones if they are in harmony or operate at different scales. So, Newton is still useful for building suspension bridges, but you need Einstein for GPS Satellites.
The Higgs Boson is the 'H' symbol in a very complex equation called The Standard Model. In a sense it is a fudge thought up in the 60's by a Mr Higgs who wanted to get his sums to work. More interesting, in my view is the work of Steven Weinberg who said that rather than there being 12 fundamental particles (I'm talking about things smaller than an atom or proton) there were double that amount in a theory called 'Supersymmetry'. I think this will prove to be penultimate step before a complete Theory of Everything (which includes Gravity and explains everything about how the Universe got started).
By the way, despite many scare stories the World cannot end today as a result of the LHC being turned on, as they are only testing the equipment at the moment. You have to wait until, I think... the 26th... for real near-lightspeed particle collisions.
So, everyone is tensing up for the wrong day.
I predict we get a phone call from Vega telling us to turn the damn noise down.
And by Vega, I mean the star system, not the masked acrobat with claws.
And by Vega, I mean the star system, not the masked acrobat with claws.
I knew i bought this bad boy for a reason https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/41019juandonde post=18.69854.713928 said:
Whats the bet that if they do somehow open a super portal that drops thousands of head crabs on earth, that the media blames the half-life games for influencing the men and women at CERN to do it?