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tl;dr we don't know what it is, or even if its a real signal. But glad to see more content-free coverage of this news...
by zzalpha 11y ago
tl;dr we don't know what it is, or even if its a real signal.
But glad to see more content-free coverage of this news...
- qrendel 11y agoI wouldn't call it "content-free," since it gives arguments for why it can't be a heavier version of the Higgs, describes multiple hypotheses that will be tested, as well as a timeframe for testing them.
- zzalpha 11y agoOr it could be literally nothing at all because the signal isn't strong enough to conclude anything is actually there to begin with. Which at this point is pretty likely, especially for any hypothesis that doesn't fit with the standard model. The coverage of this has been absurdly breathless given the nature of the "result". The bandwagon jumping (or as the author themselves so elegantly put it, ambulance chasing) is truly something to behold...
- panic 11y agoYou should take up Luboš Motl on his bet: http://motls.blogspot.lu/2015/12/a-new-750-gev-boson-is-very-likely-there.html http://motls.blogspot.lu/2015/12/a-new-750-gev-boson-is-very...
- brian-armstrong 11y agoI have been excited about the bump, even if later the bump turns out to be false. I wanted to make sure people have a chance to follow the story unfolding if they didn't know about it. I also appreciate the thought exercises surrounding the bump as I'm not scientifically literate enough to do them myself.