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Another Day, Another Claim By Scientists That They’ve Found the ‘God Particle’ (Again)

Mar. 14, 2013 8:24am Liz Klimas

Scientists Believe Data Strongly Indicates Higgs Boson

This 2011 image provide by CERN, shows a real CMS proton-proton collision in which four high energy electrons (green lines and red towers) are observed in a 2011 event. The event shows characteristics expected from the decay of a Higgs boson but is also consistent with background Standard Model physics processes. Physicists in Italy said Wednesday, March 6, 2013 they are closer to concluding that what they found last year was the elusive “God particle.” The long theorized subatomic particle would explain why matter has mass and has been called a missing cornerstone of physics. (Photo: AP/CERN)

GENEVA (TheBlaze/AP) — If anything shows how careful scientists are with their words and confirming something to be as true as possible, it’s the hunt for the infamous Higgs boson, often referred to as the “God Particle.” Over the last few years in particular, scientists have been using words like “hint” and “preliminary,” among others, to describe what they think could be their finding of such a subatomic particle.

Now, the search is all but over for the Higgs boson, a particle that is thought be a crucial building block of the universe. Even still though, they’re using phrases like “strongly indicates” to describe their data suggesting the Higgs boson being found, because nothing is ever truly “proven” in science. As Satoshi Kanazawa explained the idea in a post for Psychology Today, “the currently accepted theory of a phenomenon is simply the best explanation for it among all available alternatives.” (Or see an even more recent post from Kanazawa explaining the idea of “scientific proof” here.)

Physicists announced Thursday they believe they have discovered the subatomic particle predicted nearly a half-century ago, which will go a long way toward explaining what gives electrons and all matter in the universe size and shape.

The elusive Higgs boson was predicted in 1964 to help fill in our understanding of the creation of the universe, which many theorize occurred in a massive explosion known as the Big Bang. The particle was named for Peter Higgs, one of the physicists who proposed its existence, but it later became popularly known as the “God particle.”

The discovery would be a strong contender for the Nobel Prize. Last July, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, announced finding a particle they described as Higgs-like, but they stopped short of saying conclusively that it was the same particle or was some version of it.

Scientists have now finished going through the entire set of data.

“The preliminary results with the full 2012 data set are magnificent and to me it is clear that we are dealing with a Higgs boson, though we still have a long way to go to know what kind of Higgs boson it is,” said Joe Incandela, a physicist who heads one of the two main teams at CERN, each involving several thousand scientists.

Whether or not it is a Higgs boson is demonstrated by how it interacts with other particles and its quantum properties, CERN said in the statement. After checking, scientists said the data “strongly indicates that it is a Higgs boson.”

The results were announced in a statement by the Geneva-based CERN and released at a physics conference in the Italian Alps.

The atmosphere regarding this latest announcement, at least by taking a gauge from the conversation on Twitter, is in general excitement. But there are some who express fatigue at all the announcements regarding the particle and others are sarcastically pointing out what seems to be convenient timing of the announcement with the Roman Catholic Church recieving its new pope – Pope Francis –Wednesday. Still others are also noting how it is interesting that CERN would be able to find such a particle but seems to be having trouble keeping its website up, since they were experiencing technical difficulties Thursday:

Until you’ve actually CONFIRMED that you’ve found the #Higgs #Boson, stop announcing that you almost have! The excitement has been deflated.

— Craig Rothney (@rothneychild) March 14, 2013

Higgs boson particle eh ? cool :D Just in time for the new Pope , the GOD particle gets discovered ! #Higgs #PopeFrancis

— Aravindh Ravi (@giantfootyguy) March 14, 2013

Cern – Identifies the Higgs Boson but cant keep its website running

— Blaine Hancock (@BlaineHancock1) March 14, 2013

CERN’s atom smasher, the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider that lies beneath the Swiss-French border, has been creating high-energy collisions of protons to investigate how the universe came to be the way it is.

The particle’s existence helps confirm the theory that objects gain their size and shape when particles interact in an energy field with a key particle, the Higgs boson. The more they attract, so the theory goes, the bigger their mass will be.

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Comments (43)

Grace1798
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 9:16am
Unfortunately, today’s Scientist as well as our Anti-God Government will NEVER give any credit of creation to God. The government won’t even fund it if they even go that route. Man doesn’t like to give God credit because that means they cannot be GOD themselves which is really what they want and have always wanted. “Ye shall know them by their spiritual fruit.”

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Daveed
Posted on March 15, 2013 at 4:51am
The pseudo Nobel prize has zero credibility anymore as they appear for years now as being corrupted by a Political agenda. Truth has no agenda. True Science has been warped. It follows the money and says what the money wants it to say. Hohum on the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Peace Prize ect.

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spirited
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:56pm
“Found” or not …….the search and discovery is key –to man’s life.

Nothing is really invented; it already exists.
….waiting to be discovered.

Except of course, –Obama and his gang.

~>As with Science, substantiated proof is required.

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Voter713
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:13pm
When I first read this last year my first thought was “great – what are they going to try and blowup now?”

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- GUAPOKOVSKI
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:55pm
  “The particle’s existence helps confirm the theory that objects gain their size and shape when particles interact in an energy field with a key particle, the Higgs boson. The more they attract, so the theory goes, the bigger their mass will be.”
  
  Question #1: What’s the possibility of the geeks fooling around with this stuff and getting us all killed?
  
  Question #2: What’s the possibility of a Higgie getting loose and finding its way to the Earth’s core where it develops an appetite?
  
  Question #3: How many Earths will fit on the head of a pin?
  
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Canada_Goose
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:58pm
Creationists can relax. This has nothing to do with God or Creationism

Physicists actually hate the name “God Particle” since it’s too sensationalistic.

The name comes from a 1993 book The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? By Leon M. Lederman. He actually chose the name because the publisher wouldn’t allow him to call it the Godd**m particle because it is so fundamental to the study of particle physics yet so elusive.
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- ltb
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:50pm
  Oh goodie, a Canadian socialist has come to enlighten us all. Thank you so much, your brilliant observation is very much welcomed. Yeah, because we all want America to be just like Canada, where you can be thrown in jail for speaking your mind. Is the reason you Kanuks visit American discussion forums because you’re afraid you’ll be thrown in jail for hate crimes if you speak out in your own messed up country, or can you obnoxious people just not help but stick your noses in other people’s business?
  
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- Jimbo65
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 6:13pm
  “This has nothing to do with God or Creationism”
  
  It is being used by some atheists to “pull the chain” on sincerely religious perple. Atheists now have their own evangelical orthodoxy to match that of any religion. Kind of funny to me.
  
  Anyhow, I am interested in how the universe got its mass (to grossly oversimplify the Higgs boson)
  
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- Jimbo65
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 6:19pm
  Perple should be people obviously.
  
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- spirited
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:59pm
  @LTB
  
  Too many sugary drinks tonite?^O
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:29pm
We found something, we don’t know what it is, but you can rest assured, when your face starts melting, don’t worry, we’ll just put that back in the bottle?

Will somebody take away these toys that create poverty before they hurt somebody?

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- Voter713
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:57pm
  Lol
  
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Soulfire1975
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:09pm
There are 3 God particles The Father The Son and the Holey Ghost.

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- JRook
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:34pm
  How is your search for evidence going on that claim.
  
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- texashuntre
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:08pm
  JRookey You day is numbered also. Keep that same mentality and you will also see why “we do not need to search”
  
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- Voter713
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:12pm
  @jrook – the search is you jrook – you yourself are the proof that God exists. How is it everything man has “created” such as a keyboard or computer has a use yet we organic beings have no use? That we have no purpose as everything else in the universe has a purpose (manily for humans)? Science has been trying to figue this out since we could see into a lense. You are the proof and the world we live is the proof that WE, MANKIND, was Created for a purpose as well. You wake up everyday with the chance to know Who made you -everyday and every moment just like this one.
  
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- MoadDib
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:57pm
  There is only one God Particle. You.
  A small bit of God.
  
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NILAP
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:47pm
Scientists will one day find God when they discover a bridge between Heaven and humanity. We know that such a bridge exists from the many legitimate Near Death Experiences. When that bridge is discovered where humans can pilgrimage to Heaven or perhaps only the womb of Heave and return having experienced the Creator and the profound sense of unity with all souls here and in Heaven, then humanity will transform. Direct experience of the Creator not faith with help future humanity carry on an ever advancing civilization on this planet, knowing that love and wonder that awaits them in the next life.

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- Stryter
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:54pm
  Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.
  
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boogiedownboy
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:23pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQXoYSE-Uhw

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- RinkyDink34
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:09pm
  Interesting, TU
  
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boogiedownboy
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:16pm
http://www.reasonablefaith.org/higgs-boson-discovered

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Bill from NJ
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:16pm
” because nothing is ever truly “proven” in science.”

Pure BS… all of this is comes from communist anti-God evolutionists pushing their agendas again.
The scientific method in in place to prove replication of actual facts, not speculation and fraud.

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hi
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:08pm
Does it get rid of wrinkles and fat?

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gyro
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:04pm
the french are so smart

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Stoic one
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:19am
This is typical media interference. Science plods along publishing incremental finding article after incremental finding article. this is not the fault of the science; it is the fault of the ever hyping media.

Remember the Saccharin scare back in the late ’70′s? PANIC! CANCER! CANCER!

Then it came out the ‘reporter’ only read the excerpt and not the article. Yes it causes cancer; but only if you drank thousands of cans for decades.

The ‘god particle’ was a tongue in cheek comment that a ‘reporter’ ran with.

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- 22AUTOMATIC
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:17pm
  Wow, these scientists are only 100 years behind what people like Napoleon Hill and Wallace Wattles pointed out in the early 1900′s. Hill called it “Ether” and Wattles called it “formless substance.” It is cool though that science continues to prove the existence of God while at the same time trying so desperately to not prove His existence. They can’t help themselves. It’s also interesting how much faith people put into “scientists” when every five years there are thousands of updates and corrections that have to be made in science textbooks based on newly discovered information. The Bible has zero corrections. How bout them apples
  
  I highly recommend the following films/docs that are the death nail to evolution
  
  http://youtu.be/jZn5qo6Q6IY The Mysterious Islands
  
  http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/33826735 The Case for a Creator
  
  http://youtu.be/AUpHyZjm3rU A Question of Origins
  
  Mysterious Islands follows a team that retraces the exact steps Darwin took to the Galapagos.Islands and views it through a 21st century lens to point out all of his errors. The Case for a Creator is Lee Strobel who was an atheist who set out to “disprove” The Bible but ended up converting to Christianity. Question of Origins goes step by step disproving the theory of Evolution. I also suggest A Case for Faith, The Darwin Dilemma, Dinosaurs or Dragons, Startling Proofs, & The Privileged Planet.
  
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ones-own-truth-and-ideals
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:52am
We have found it again? I wanna see the sixteen other reports to back this up. Otherwise just another miss named particle cause unless it makes something from nothing until thenSHUT UP you bleebing mole people!

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- Calm Voice of Reason
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:36am
  In all fairness to the scientists, those “sixteen” other reports were articles about the same project. With regards to your “something from nothing”, examples of that are abundant in physics of this type, but not what the “god particle” represents. There is nothing about “something from nothing” that is inherently inconsistent with the known laws.
  
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OldSurfRat
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:45am
The deeper science digs the more they prove that there is a Creator. Many of them believe in a Creator but are afraid to say so due to the retribution from the academic left that will follow. The more they uncover the more I believe.

For me I believe that god wants us to be curios. He wants us to question him. He gave us a brain that allows us to reason.
The problem comes in when we think that we now are god and that we think that we know everything and can explain everything around us.

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john vincent
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:44am
Higgs- shmiggs
Boson bogus-

Sorry for making humor out of what many call serious study, but c’mon, the God particle???
There is just as much validity in a grain of sand or a dew drop to prove this so called God-particle.

Valid research is not to be avoided nor sought after, but this tune is growing old.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:10am
People who do not believe in God will never truly discover anything completely. Their disbelief hinders them. God made everything and his mind and his workings will never be completely understood by mortals. Neither will the mechanics of the universe nor any ‘made’ thing.

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jman-6
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:09am
Only a fool says in his heart there is no GOD!

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rochrealtor
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:00am
Did they explain the particle (from last year) that blew a hole in E=MC2, faster than light particle?

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- Calm Voice of Reason
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:21am
  It was determined that their were equipment malfunctions that gave incorrect data suggesting faster-than-light particles.
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:55am
  Calm PROVE IT!. Why hasn’t anything been printed or said about your fake revelation. You know lying can be easily proven. You don’t think Glenn Beck followers do their homework. Well I am about to start so we will see if you are blowing smoke or your statement is true. I feel it is the former.
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:09am
  Well CALM is a liar. Typical Liberal. NOTHING HAS INDICATED IT WAS AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. There a some scientist who are skeptical, but that is to be expected. CERN has studied the data over 6 months since the test and have found no anomalies.
  
  I love it when we can zing Liberals with facts and they end up with egg on their faces.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:12am
  CO
  there were follow-up articles on the “faster-than-light” particle; and in fact it was equipment malfunction that caused erroneous data.
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:24am
  The Einstein Speed of Light constant has not yet been violated.
  
  Now THAT would be HUGE news. If a faster than light ANYTHING were to be found – that would make more news than the pope this week.
  
  Tachyons have been hypothesized …. and exit for certain in Science Fiction.
  
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- Calm Voice of Reason
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 11:28am
  @Cofemale: Here is one assessment that identifies a loose fiber optic cable that resulted in error: [http://bit.ly/xpnggB] I admit it was unfair of me to claim it was an equipment “malfunction”, when it might have been more accurate to say it was an error involving the equipment; however it was not at all my intention to mislead, or lie, please accept my apologies for my lack of rigor and extend them as well to those scientists involved which may be in your acquaintance.
  
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starman70
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:34am
These scientists had better start looking for the true GOD of the universe instead of wasting time and money on some elusive pipe dream. The only responsible party for the creation of everything is GOD, the great I AM.

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- rochrealtor
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 10:16am
  @starman, the god of the universe gave us a brain to inquire. We know he has command of the universe. Let them search, it can only prove the existence of our creator. Remember when Hawkin declared god could not exist on a science channel special? Just after his conclusion (and loss of creditability) is when the particle faster than light showed up! Keep your faith and believe in your god, he has always delivered for those who trust him. As for the scientist,
  “Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there is one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded faith.”
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:28pm
  And where is your proof of that?
  
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