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thenewgreen  ·  4586 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Watch a Livestream of the Higgs Boson Announcement Tonight
They accidentally leaked their announcement video on the CERN website. Re: "speaking on the video, Incandela stopped short of claiming the particle was the Higgs boson, saying more work was needed to be sure. "We have quite strong evidence that there's something there. It's properties are still going to take us a little bit of time," he said.

Doesn't sound very definitive to me.





mk  ·  4586 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Thanks. I missed you post.

So they have a big boson, but they are stopping short of calling it the Higgs. I would love to know the details.

khaaan  ·  4586 days ago  ·  link  ·  
they found something that looks and behave the way it is predicted they like true scientists want to be absolutely sure before they make the claim
thenewgreen  ·  4586 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I admire the way they need absolute certainty. Not many other fields act this way. I also think it's cool that they certainly found something exciting.