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Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts) Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:37 PM Sep 2014

Michio Kaku explains the significance of the Higgs Boson

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Michio Kaku explains the significance of the Higgs Boson (Original Post) Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 OP

Good grief. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

You are so right. Quantum theory is a joke, but, thankfully a few classical physicists are starting to right the ship. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2014 #2

One cannot describe the Higgs boson in three minutes. longship Sep 2014 #3

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

1. Good grief.

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2014, 11:50 PM

Sep 2014

When your failed theoretic explanations fail, you need to imagine new theories to explain the failure of the original theory.

They will never understand it and, maybe, they never should.

Ten billion dollars. That part makes sense.

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

2. You are so right. Quantum theory is a joke, but, thankfully a few classical physicists are starting to right the ship.

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 12:14 AM

Sep 2014

longship

(40,416 posts)

3. One cannot describe the Higgs boson in three minutes.

Reply to Jack Rabbit (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 01:24 AM

Sep 2014

Last edited Tue Sep 9, 2014, 02:38 AM - Edit history (1)

Certainly not even Michio Kuku, er Kaku.

The standard model is simple, but it isn't that simple. One has to have a lot of physics and mathematics under ones belt to even grasp what it's about.

On edit: and Kaku is not a very good communicator about such concepts. Plus, he spouts quite a lot of woo-woo.

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