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‘God Does Not Play Dice’ (Or does He? possible discovery of a new particle has Physics buzzing)
Wall Street Journal ^
| Dec. 27, 2015
| Robbert Dijkgraaf
Posted on 01/04/2016 1:35:55 PM PST by presidio9
Edited on 01/05/2016 12:23:19 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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It was the perfect holiday surprise. On Dec. 15 the latest results from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland were announced, after early rumors had physicists buzzing. A signal in the data suggests a discovery that no one predicted: a possible new particle several times heavier than the Higgs boson.
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:35:55 PM PST
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presidio9
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:37:23 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
To: presidio9
Dust build-up @ CERN spins into new strings?
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:37:33 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:38:37 PM PST
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: presidio9
I miss the connection to the Einstein quote. But interesting.
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:39:28 PM PST
by
Williams
(Dear God, please save us from the Democrats. And the Republicans.)
To: presidio9
If confirmed, such a particle could turn the current theoretical models upside-down.Settled science once again becomes unsettled.
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:41:09 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
To: presidio9
I’m kinda tired of all these new particles, each one promising to turn the world of physics upside down.
It can’t be very stable, if the image of a particle with an unexpected velocity, spin, force and/or angle upsets it and has physicists’ heads spinning.
Either the model is way off, or these particles are just a flash in the pan.
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:49:20 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:54:17 PM PST
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
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posted on
01/04/2016 1:57:57 PM PST
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: presidio9
Or, as Niels Bohr replied, “Oh, Albert, stop telling God what to do with his dice.”
To: I want the USA back
"Either the model is way off, or these particles are just a flash in the pan." Or ... it could be that you simply can't model what isn't there.
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posted on
01/04/2016 2:12:06 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: presidio9
Funk House Fever
But baby, baby, there’s fever in the funk house now.
This low down bitchin’ got my poor feet a itchin’,
Don’t you know you know the duece is still wild.
Baby, I can’t stay, you got to roll me
And call me the tumblin’ dice.
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posted on
01/04/2016 2:16:42 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Williams
I miss the connection to the Einstein quote. But interesting.There's absolutely no connection, but the popular press likes sensational headlines.
It's pretty clear that that so-called standard model is far from the elegant framework that physics has long sought. It's a collection of ever-expanding ornaments and flying buttresses that sort-of manages to hold together in a workable manner. But it's desperately in need of a deeper theory to clear away the clutter.
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posted on
01/04/2016 2:22:09 PM PST
by
AustinBill
(consequence is what makes our choices real)
To: tumblindice
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posted on
01/04/2016 2:22:47 PM PST
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: Billthedrill
I heard is as “Einstein, who are you to tell God what to do?”
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posted on
01/04/2016 2:24:19 PM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Islam is the greened eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds upon.)
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/04/2016 2:27:23 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/04/2016 2:49:54 PM PST
by
Shark24
To: I want the USA back
OR.... it might just be proof that when you slam together particles at insanely high speeds, you get weird and unexpected stuff.
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posted on
01/04/2016 2:51:46 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: presidio9
I had some Cheetos dust peak on my mass spec one evening.. Oops.
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posted on
01/04/2016 3:05:00 PM PST
by
momincombatboots
(Iraq 3.0.. Try and look surprised. Prayers for my brothers and sisters in arms as global pawns.)
To: tumblindice

Actually, there's your proof that God does indeed play dice at least occasionally.
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posted on
01/04/2016 3:10:17 PM PST
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
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