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Re:The LHC “nightmare scenario” has come true by akiselev on Saturday August 06, 2016 @01:55PM (#12239073)
TL;DR: All the hype and rumours about a new discovery at the LHC [1][2][3][4] that looked like a particle outside of the standard model was for naught. As the LHC detectors gathered and processed more data, the "diphoton bumps" turned from interesting anomalies to statistically insignificant noise [5].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11893164

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11250931

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9420043

[4] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/potential-new-part...

[5] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hope-for-new-parti...

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Re:The LHC “nightmare scenario” has come true by beezle on Saturday August 06, 2016 @07:10PM (#12240307)
No that is not really the TL;DR of her post (which on her site is a condensed version of what she put on Starts with a Bang).

Her main point is that the HEP community has been racing down a road for many years and probably missed the "dead end" sign some years back. In particular, she takes issue with what is called 'naturalness' and its often used justification for PBTSM. She concluded with:

"I hope that this latest null result will send a clear message that you can’t trust the judgement of scientists whose future funding depends on their continued optimism."

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