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First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
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{assume I posted a clever Spock meme here}

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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicis
So, what is the latest news on the Lucifer Hiding Contraption (LHC)?

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
God is not in the details either.
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(October 13, 2015 at 11:26 am)Chuck Wrote: God is not in the details either.

What about the "god particle" that one hears about?  Maybe we should ask Alex how many god particles it takes to make a god.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
(October 13, 2015 at 11:55 am)Pyrrho Wrote:
(October 13, 2015 at 11:26 am)Chuck Wrote: God is not in the details either.

What about the "god particle" that one hears about?  Maybe we should ask Alex how many god particles it takes to make a god.

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RE: First collisions at the LHC with unprecedented Energy! (Ask a particle physisicist)
(October 13, 2015 at 11:55 am)Pyrrho Wrote:
(October 13, 2015 at 11:26 am)Chuck Wrote: God is not in the details either.

What about the "god particle" that one hears about?  Maybe we should ask Alex how many god particles it takes to make a god.


Doesn't matter. The God particle is cancelled by its supersymmetric counterpart, the godino, otherwise known as the Sagan particle.
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(October 13, 2015 at 4:47 pm)Chuck Wrote:
(October 13, 2015 at 11:55 am)Pyrrho Wrote: What about the "god particle" that one hears about?  Maybe we should ask Alex how many god particles it takes to make a god.


Doesn't matter.  The God particle is cancelled by its supersymmetric counterpart, the godino, otherwise known as the Sagan particle.

Yeah, it's only called the God particle by convention; if Franklin had assigned the electron as the + charge and not the -, it would be the Devil Particle
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(October 13, 2015 at 11:21 am)Pyrrho Wrote: So, what is the latest news on the Lucifer Hiding Contraption (LHC)?

Not a whole lot from my perspective - data flows more slowly than hoped because the luminosity (more or less the rate of collisions) was somewhat below expectations. There was a slight excess in.the old data which could have pointed to a new very heavy particle, but the significance does not so far increase with the new data...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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So, I'm interested in practical applications.

Let's say, strictly for discussion's sake, that I was an evil galactic overlord looking to arm my minion horde with death rays. Let's say, also strictly for the sake of discussion, that I'll pay cash, say denominated in Denebolan Zoolaks. With that in mind, I only have one question... When can I take delivery on Rigel 7?
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Alex is a German, Cthu. Galactic overlord or not, you're gonna have to fill out an application form or ten first.

/racism
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