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Hawking owes Kane $100!

• modarts 14y ago
  I wouldn't think Hawking would be betting on such a result.
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  • gorak 14y ago
    In 2000, Hawking bet Gordon Kane $100 that the Higgs Boson would never be found.
    • toemetoch 14y ago
      In December 2000, Hawking bet Gordon Kane $100 that the Higgs Boson will be discovered at the Fermilab Tevatron. Since the funding dried up for the Tevatron and the first hints for the discovery of the Higgs boson come from LHC we can conclude that Hawking won the bet and Kane will be the one paying up.
      • toemetoch 14y ago
        This just in: "Stephen Hawking on Higgs: 'Discovery has lost me $100'" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18708626 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18708626
        • modarts 14y ago
          That look he gives at the end really makes me tear up. What a great sentiment.
• bingbing 14y ago
  You are correct: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18708626 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18708626