If Higgs Boson Calculations Are Right, A 'Bubble' Could End Universe

Re:If Higgs Boson Calculations Are Right, A 'Bubble' Could E... by aremie on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @06:42PM (#5247941)

"If you use all the physics that we know now and you do what you think is a straightforward calculation, it's bad news,"

That's exactly it, there is much more physics to discover and count in. People always think they know everything, at every point in history.

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Re:If Higgs Boson Calculations Are Right, A 'Bubble' Could E... by mistercow on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @06:45PM (#5247960)

I'm pretty sure that scientists don't think they know everything. What leads me to believe this is that they keep building theories and doing experiments.

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Re:If Higgs Boson Calculations Are Right, A 'Bubble' Could E... by richforrester on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @06:47PM (#5247967)

No, they don't.

If we thought we knew everything, we'd stop researching. They're called "theories" for a reason.

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Re:If Higgs Boson Calculations Are Right, A 'Bubble' Could E... by nitrogen on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @09:31PM (#5248622)

That's not exactly the way the word "theory" is used in a scientific context. I'd say the scientific use of the word is more like that in "music theory". It's not intended to imply a lack of confidence.

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