Peter Higgs Has Died

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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/09/worl ... index.html

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hysicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science and was vindicated by a Nobel prize-winning discovery half a century later, has died aged 94, the University of Edinburgh said on Tuesday.

The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the CERN research centre near Geneva was widely hailed as the biggest advance in knowledge about the cosmos for over 30 years, and pointed physics towards ideas that were once science fiction.

I hate to be Debbie Downer, but what REAL benefit has the discovery of the Higgs Boson been?

Is it being used in new technological wonders ... enough to justify the cost of building the LHC? NO.

Its discovery allowed theoreticians to turn their attention to the vast portion of the universe that remained unexplained, as well as esoteric ideas such as the possibility of parallel universes.

And how has that worked out? Has any of their work led to new technology or brought mankind true wisdom? NO.

Here’s the answer that CERN gives to my question …

https://home.cern/science/physics/higgs-boson/why

How does the Higgs boson impact everyday life?

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Because of the nature of science, we do not know to what extent discoveries made now will impact our future. In other words, it may only be a matter of time before the Higgs boson directly influences society.

In other words, nothing specific but promises, promises.

CERN also claim that “the search for the Higgs boson using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) pushed the limits of technology. For example, the invention of the World Wide Web at CERN was born out of particle physicists’ needs to share data across institutes. Now, society depends on the World Wide Web every day to communicate and work.

LOL! Sorry but Tim Berners-Lee of CERN invented the World Wide Web in 1989, long before the LHC.

Similarly, in the early 1970s, engineers from CERN contributed to the advancement of touchscreen technology by trying to create a simple interface to use with one of CERN’s particle accelerators. Since then, touchscreens have gone on to be a mainstay in everyday life.

Seriously … CERN wants to claim credit for touchscreen technology? LOL! The truth is that had CERN never existed, the internet and touchscreens would likely still be widely in use today. And again, the Higgs Boson and the search for it had nothing to do with this.

Another field that has benefitted from particle physics research is healthcare. Accelerator technology is used to treat cancer, in hadron therapy and electron radiotherapy. Further, particle physics detectors are used in medical diagnostics, such as the 3D colour X-ray scanner, based on technology developed at CERN. Particle accelerators also led to the development of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which is essential for imaging and diagnosing conditions in the brain and heart.

Again, the LHC and discovery the Higgs Boson had nothing to do with the deveolopment of any of those things? Long before CERN built the LHC, accelerators around the world were already pursuing uses for particle physics in medicine. PET technology was developed back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The PET-CT scanner was the medical invention of the year in 2000, a decade before the LHC was even operational.

All these claims by CERN to justify the tens of billions spent to find the Higgs Boson are nonsense by physicists desperately trying to justify the immense amount of money they’ve talked politicians into taking from us and spending in the pursuit of something with basically no use.

According to https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/09/peter-h ... -says.html, Edinburgh University Vice Chancellor Peter Mathieson said this about Peter Higgs ... “His pioneering work has motivated thousands of scientists, and his legacy will continue to inspire many more for generations to come.” But I have to ask if any of the thousands of scientists have actually accomplished something that will change any of OUR lives … other than by taking money away from us and spending it on their toys and their nice standard of living? When will we, the taxpayers, see the payback for all those scores of billions of dollars self-serving politicians have handed over to the priests of the Big Bang? If you ask me, we don’t need Higgs Bosons, what we need is to discover skeptiparticles and feed them to those in decision making positions so they don't get beguiled by the promises, promises, promises of Big Science.

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Personally, I find the Higgs Boson about as real as the 'picture' of a Black Hole. Both made up nonsense.