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ecib  ·  4536 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson
Was not? I thought this underscored the Standard Model...




caio  ·  4536 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I think I have it: they are not 100% sure what the thing they found is. They're certain they've found something: it could be the Higgs or it could be something else.

Jump to 7:45 to hear it from an actual physicist. http://youtu.be/vjnFDoXSMBs

caio  ·  4536 days ago  ·  link  ·  
I don't get it either. Perhaps the mass wasn't in the predicted range?