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Old 12-09-2008, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Achilles61 View Post
Apologies if this isn't appropriate (just ignore me), but how could Hawking collect on his bet? You can't really prove the non-existence of anything.

Then again, he's a lot smarter than me. HE didn't buy a PST just before the clouds rolled in.

Steve
I think Hawking is betting against the theory that postulates the existance of the Higgs boson.

Hawking has a history of making (and losing) bets.

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Steven
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