Happy Higgs Boson Day!

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By Gillian BenAry
Posted 2012/07/04 @ 10:22 pm
Category Energy, Science

A tachyon walks into a bar. The bartender says “Hey buddy, not so fast.”

Happy 4th of July, everybody! I celebrated today along with the rest of America: by hanging out with friends, throwing some meat on the grill, and discussing the breaking (and long-awaited) discovery of a Higgs Boson particle.

The discovery is touted as “five sigma,” meaning that at five standard deviations from the norm, the chances of it being a statistical fluke are miniscule. The probability of my friends being total nerds, however, is beyond statistical doubt.

For a great cartoon explanation of the Higgs particle, check out this video by PHD Comics:

And just for fun, Vi Hart’s “Sonnet on a Higgs-like Particle”:

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6 Responses to Happy Higgs Boson Day!

Snelg on July 4th, 2012 at 11:10 pm said:

Alternate version of that joke:

The bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve faster-than-light particles in here.”
A tachyon walks into a bar.

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Jack Van Gossen on July 5th, 2012 at 5:20 am said:

A Higgs-Boson particle walks into a church, the priest says “We don’t allow Higgs-Boson particles in here!” The Higgs-Boson particle replies, “but without me, how can you have mass?”

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Gareth Branwyn on July 5th, 2012 at 12:40 pm said:

Did you hear about the Higgs boson discovery?
Yeah, it’s massive.
(Made that one up myself)

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- Gareth Branwyn on July 5th, 2012 at 9:02 pm said:
  
  Finding that Higgs-like particle was a pain in the mass.
  
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Jonathan on July 8th, 2012 at 2:52 pm said:

The PhD video posted here isn’t the official version. I’ve attached the correct version below
http://vimeo.com/41038445

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