Comments on: What a discovery looks like

By: César

César — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:25:33 +0000

Thanks a lot for the quick reply. It’s actually pretty cool that the original name was not that tasteless name chosen by the press. Well, I was actually really excited about this discovery because I’m great fan of Glenn Research Center’s Breakthrough Propulsion Physics project (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/bpp/). According to the info in this site, one of the many speculated alternatives for interstellar travels is Gravity control. According to the site:
“First, we do know that gravity and electromagnetism are linked phenomena. We are quite adept at controlling electromagnetic phenomena, so one can presume that such a connection might eventually lead to using our control of electromagnetism to control gravity. General Relativity, another one of Einstein’s doings, is one way to describe such connections. Another way is through new theories from quantum mechanics that link gravity and inertia to something called “vacuum fluctuations.”" (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/technology/warp/gravstat.html).So this paragraph led me to belive that, since Higgs Boson is all about discovering how the electromagnetic force and the weaker force interact with matter, I was assuming that understanding Higgs Boson was one step ahead in the search of using our control over electromagnetism to control gravity.

Of course this assumptions are surely going to be flawed since I’m not a Physics scholar, rather I’m just a fan of technology and science issues like the experiments that are conducted at the LHC. If you could please give some insights about the real impact of the Higgs Boson discovery I’d really appreciate it!

Thanks!

By: Xezlec

Xezlec — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:47:13 +0000

Cesar:

Fortunately, that’s not its name. It’s called the higgs boson. The awful and unfitting nickname “the god particle” is media hype invented by a book publisher. Physicists despise it with a passion.

I don’t think this discovery has anything to do with technology, if that’s what you’re asking. Some physicists will say that it’s possible that someday someone will find a use for this information that no one has thought of yet, but I doubt it. The main benefits of this kind of research are the spinoffs: technology used to build and operate the collider itself, and of course training the next generation of physicists. That’s just my opinion though.

As far as I know, there is no connection between the higgs and space travel. I’m not sure what you’re getting at there.

By: Geologey Lovell Facebook

Geologey Lovell Facebook — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:30:42 +0000

I sure wanted to trump your discovery by finding something under ground where you scattered all the letters but! There was no coins no lost objects etc . except where the words Higgs at the end of it there might have been something ? But objects have to be under ground for a very long time before they become visible for me. Too bad , I know I could not trump this but you got me going when you said here is what a discovery look like while you all ignore mine.
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By: César

César — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:02:54 +0000

Hi, first of all I gotta tell you I’m a big fan of your work at the LHC. I gotta admit that, due to spiritual reasons I’m a little uncomfortable with the name “the God Particle”, but nevertheless I’m pretty excited about the discovery. I have a couple of questions. First, what could be the possible implications of the discovery in terms of practical physics?. Second, how does the higgs boson discovery relates with many of the intergalactic travels dilemmas? Third, and this might be really nerd but bare with me, how does the higgs boson relates to the ideas of Warp Drive of Gravitational engines for intergalatic travels?

Thanks for the reply

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