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BillZBubb

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6. I wasn't convinced they found it when they claimed to either.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sun Nov 9, 2014, 05:34 PM

Nov 2014

Remember before the Higgs claim, CERN claimed to have found that faster than light speed communication was possible, in violation of special relativity. When the data was reviewed they found an equipment error--and special relativity was correct.

Apparently, there is a tendency to jump the gun on these announcements.

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CERN may not have discovered elusive Higgs Boson [View all] n2doc Nov 2014 OP

I bet the term paper's due tomorrow shenmue Nov 2014 #1

but they did get peanut butter in my chocolate Adenoid_Hynkel Nov 2014 #2

Be careful what you wish for QED Nov 2014 #14

Shyamalan twist: Scootaloo Nov 2014 #3

I thought CERN reported its discovery last year also. still_one Nov 2014 #4

Republicans voted down the super collider, another path for the U.S. to be left behind still_one Nov 2014 #5

probably for the better-- lastlib Nov 2014 #11

Republicans don't believe in science. QED Nov 2014 #15

You are right still_one Nov 2014 #16

I wasn't convinced they found it when they claimed to either. BillZBubb Nov 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #8

Oh boy! Where to start... longship Nov 2014 #9

Maybe it was really just GOD playing tricks! JDDavis Nov 2014 #7

I propose this name: The Heartbreak Particle. nt SDjack Nov 2014 #10

Isn't that the way it is... defacto7 Nov 2014 #12

Apparently, the TC hypothesis is not excluded by CERN Higgs data.... xocet Nov 2014 #13