Monday, July 02, 2012

Particle Zombie News

From Cosmonline, all a bunny needs to know to bluff about the Higgs tomorrow


12 comments:

  1. terrible. and when the zombies do the mexican wave a gravitational collapse may occur if the treshold for stadium sturctures is passed.

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  2. Two zombies and Lubos go into a bar in Prague...

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  3. Robert Murphy3/7/12 6:33 AM

    "Two zombies and Lubos go into a bar in Prague..."

    ... but I repeat myself.

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  4. Quoting (from memory) Henry Miller, "We all know money makes money, but what makes money make money?"

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  5. And the commenters at WUWT are, predictably, cynical.

    http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/07/04/higgs-boson-hysteria-but-no-fireworks-on-the-4th-of-july/#more-66796

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  6. i'm shocked -- shocked! i tell you -- that the WUTWAT response was kneejerk anti-science.

    shocked.

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  7. though now i think about it, i'm slightly surprised they didn't go for the "*those* scientists aren't even confident at 5σ, so why should we listen to climatologists?" flavour of stupidity.

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  8. In other news, string theorists watching the CERN press conference from a bar in Pilszen have announced the detection of the Luboson, with a mass of 126 beers

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  9. Eli has eternally debated whether leaving Harvard was worth it for the beer in Pilsen. This is not an easy question.

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  10. The Fences demise suggests the Yalies have made their choice.

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  11. So, er, how's the Higgs Field distinguished from the Ether again?

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  12. The Higgs Field puts you to sleep faster.

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