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67 points

Also, we did find the higgs-boson.

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Yeah, people really focus on the fact that we don’t evidence for very exotic theories and completely ignore the LHC finally got experimental confirmation of the particle that gives mass to other particles within the standard model. (I guess Higgs mechanism technically wasn’t part of the standard model prior to experimental confirmation but styll)

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disproving things is much more fundamental to the scientific process than actually confirming things. Confirming things is a bizarre byproduct, a happy accident. We must foster a culture that celebrates a killed hypothesis more than a confirmed one.

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Something was disproven here, the null hypothesis of “the standard model without the higgs mechanism is sufficient to explain all known physical phenomena”.

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the improvement to my life since this discovery is unquantifiable

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Oh no, not fundamental science that cannot immediately be capitalised on!

Seriously, why do substantial parts of this forum immediately turn anprim the moment fundamental physics research is concerned?

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38 points

The scientists should just focus on hard science like media analysis video essays on Rick and Morty

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smol brain no understand make angry

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12 points

I don’t think it’s wrong to see poverty and equality as a priority over that, if I’m honest. It shouldn’t be that surprising that people have an issue with billions of dollars being spent on things not currently improving lives when there are people living like hell.

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because its hard to see any value in fundamental physics research when we can’t even figure out how to live on this planet in a sustainable way that doesn’t involve killing hundreds of millions of people and destroying vast parts of its ecosystem and exterminating half+ of all species on earth?

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27 points

This is literally chuds argument for defunding nasa.

“I dont understand it so it’s worthless to me”

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the difference is with nasa we can name dozens of advancements that help people off the top of our heads but i cant even get someone to name something theoretical that might help the common man from the confirmation of the higgs-boson

so, maybe help out with that, what theoretically can we hope that we might improve our lives through confirming that particle

additionally chuds want to defund nasa to fund the military and prisons whereas id use the money from that particle thing to house homeless or invest in indigenous communities

so in short suck it nerd because it is in fact worthless to me, personally

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Have we? Have you seen one? I don’t know who these higgs and boson characters are but I find this “particle” of theirs extremely sus

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8 points

These particles are… Among us

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