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> leaking a lot of ... ambitious ... physics headlines into HN QuantaMagazine is a very good bridge between cutting edge research and layman. What does leak ev

> leaking a lot of ... ambitious ... physics headlines into HN QuantaMagazine is a very good bridge between cutting edge research and layman. What does leak even mean? They don't write titles to be "hackernewsed". This headline in question is also totally normal, not sure why you have a problem with it.

SubiculumCode 9y ago
The title suggests that a discovery had been made that explains why the universe exists. Can you come up with a more grandiose title?
- kowdermeister 9y ago
  Well, it IS grandiose if true (like the word suggest anticipate). I don't see how is this not accurate.
  - posterboy 9y ago
    Mystery is a weasel-word and I suppose the article doesn't explain what is so mysterious about the universes existence, because if it would be explained, it wouldn't be mysterious. Edit: okay, it's in the first paragraph, but still. Scientists are trying to detect new particles or particle interactions. Nothing new about that, superficially speaking. but it doesn't explain all of the big bang, maybe a piece of the puzzle, but not at all why it happened.
    - pvg 9y ago
      'Mystery' is not a 'weasel word', unless you find something particularly weasely about the concept of mystery itself.
      - posterboy 9y ago
        Mystery is the epitome of weasel words. A weasel word obscures rather than clarifying. Something obscure is a mysterious. See also my edit. Another offense to scientific writing is the antropomorphism. It's actually the scientists who actively suggest the story and they surely wouldn't go for quite as bold a statement. In terms of storytelling we can assume that there's a lot of importance in what isn't said, and that's often achieved by exaggeration of known wrongs, as in sarcasm. Nothing particularly wrong about that, but not terribly scientific. Take away the whole fluff and you have a report about an experimental result with low p-value and the plan to improve it via added reaction mass which is not further explained. That's hardly the mystery, it's a key to the puzzle, maybe. Edit: to elaborate further on the weaselisms. Solutio to mystery kinda annihilates, just like antiparticles and counterparts, so the headline corrected for all would be: Scientists suggest Neutrinos prove Universes Existence. Welp, color me slightly unimpressed. Though I'm complaining on a high level, this is actually super cool just not new to me.
        pvg 9y ago
        "Solution to mystery" kinda annihilates, just like antiparticles and counterparts It's interesting you've invented your own quantum chromodynamics of English but, really, that's a perfectly normal, pedestrian (stable, if you prefer) and widely used phrase with a clear, unambiguous meaning.
- danharaj 9y ago
  "Suggest" as is used in the title isn't a very grandiose assertion. If the research pans out, then it solves a great mystery. This isn't more hyped than how the researchers running the project see it.
- pwaai 9y ago
  Have you tried answering that question? Or does the answer require some deity? I mean how dare somebody who dedicated their entire life to this particular field to suggest not claim as assumed, a solution that offends the Gods.
  - SubiculumCode 9y ago
    WTH are you blabbing about?
    - dang 9y ago
      You've been breaking the HN guidelines repeatedly. If you continue to do this again we will ban you. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and clean up your act if you want to keep commenting here.

SubiculumCode 9y ago

The title suggests that a discovery had been made that explains why the universe exists. Can you come up with a more grandiose title?

kowdermeister 9y ago
Well, it IS grandiose if true (like the word suggest anticipate). I don't see how is this not accurate.
- posterboy 9y ago
  Mystery is a weasel-word and I suppose the article doesn't explain what is so mysterious about the universes existence, because if it would be explained, it wouldn't be mysterious. Edit: okay, it's in the first paragraph, but still. Scientists are trying to detect new particles or particle interactions. Nothing new about that, superficially speaking. but it doesn't explain all of the big bang, maybe a piece of the puzzle, but not at all why it happened.
  - pvg 9y ago
    'Mystery' is not a 'weasel word', unless you find something particularly weasely about the concept of mystery itself.
    - posterboy 9y ago
      Mystery is the epitome of weasel words. A weasel word obscures rather than clarifying. Something obscure is a mysterious. See also my edit. Another offense to scientific writing is the antropomorphism. It's actually the scientists who actively suggest the story and they surely wouldn't go for quite as bold a statement. In terms of storytelling we can assume that there's a lot of importance in what isn't said, and that's often achieved by exaggeration of known wrongs, as in sarcasm. Nothing particularly wrong about that, but not terribly scientific. Take away the whole fluff and you have a report about an experimental result with low p-value and the plan to improve it via added reaction mass which is not further explained. That's hardly the mystery, it's a key to the puzzle, maybe. Edit: to elaborate further on the weaselisms. Solutio to mystery kinda annihilates, just like antiparticles and counterparts, so the headline corrected for all would be: Scientists suggest Neutrinos prove Universes Existence. Welp, color me slightly unimpressed. Though I'm complaining on a high level, this is actually super cool just not new to me.
      - pvg 9y ago
        "Solution to mystery" kinda annihilates, just like antiparticles and counterparts It's interesting you've invented your own quantum chromodynamics of English but, really, that's a perfectly normal, pedestrian (stable, if you prefer) and widely used phrase with a clear, unambiguous meaning.
danharaj 9y ago
"Suggest" as is used in the title isn't a very grandiose assertion. If the research pans out, then it solves a great mystery. This isn't more hyped than how the researchers running the project see it.
pwaai 9y ago
Have you tried answering that question? Or does the answer require some deity? I mean how dare somebody who dedicated their entire life to this particular field to suggest not claim as assumed, a solution that offends the Gods.
- SubiculumCode 9y ago
  WTH are you blabbing about?
  - dang 9y ago
    You've been breaking the HN guidelines repeatedly. If you continue to do this again we will ban you. Please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and clean up your act if you want to keep commenting here.