Race For the "God Particle" Heats Up 397
SpuriousLogic writes "CERN is losing ground rapidly in the race to discover the elusive Higgs boson, its American rival claims. Fermilab say the odds of their Tevatron accelerator finding it first are now 50-50 at worst, and up to 96% at best. CERN's Lyn Evans admitted the accident which will halt the $7B Large Hadron Collider until September may cost them one of the biggest prizes in physics."
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:5, Funny)
I see nothing wrong here. As they say - it's 50-50: they either find it, or not.
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:5, Funny)
Also, what are the odds the particle doesn't exist AND they find it?
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:5, Funny)
1/0
LHC still important (Score:5, Funny)
Let them find that particle first (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:5, Funny)
Giving odds for finding a theoretical particle is like giving odds on finding life in the solar system.
So it's one, then?
Hmm (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Can we stop calling it the "God Particle" yet? (Score:4, Funny)
Ok. How about the Allah Particle?
Re:No (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:race? (Score:5, Funny)
As true as the outcome may be, that still doesn't validate the necessity of a race to procure a speedier advancement.
You don't think that if the USA And the USSR had worked together that we wouldn't have gotten there just as quick, if not quicker?
No if we had worked together things would still be tied up in a international comittee and at best we would have a non-binding resolution to send a strongly worded letter to the moon stating our intentions to visit it someday.
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:4, Funny)
Oh don't bring cats into it. Next thing you know, you're herding them (or not herding them) and either way, it's a big, fat, hairy mess.
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:3, Funny)
It's not 1/404
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:1, Funny)
What do you mean I don't exist?
If you existed, you'd know exactly what he meant by that.
There, now you can disappear in a poof of logic.
Re:How do you give odds for that? (Score:3, Funny)