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Originally Posted by renormalised
Poor LHC....hope they can fix their problem. Anyway, here's a spanner in the works. What if they don't find the Higgs boson at all. Despite all the science and predictions. There are versions of particle physics which don't require the Higgs to exist for matter to have mass. I think too much faith is being put into the Standard Model. But, if they do find it, then good on them. I'll put my money on the LHC.
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IMO the symmetries that the standard model includes predict the Higgs. These symmetries have given rise to the best predictions of nature we have to date, thats why there is a lot of faith in them. But even if the Higgs isnt found then a Higg's 'like' particle should still be found.