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Originally Posted by Robh
Seeing that this is in the General Chat section, I'd thought I'd ask the obvious. For us quantum illiterates (keep it simple), what exactly will be the significance of the discovery of this God particle, the Higgs Boson? I've read that it gives other particles mass. So???
Rob.
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Probably not much. You see, they're already using the theorised Higgs Boson and Field within the Standard Model. So really, apart from knowing a true value (TeV), it comes back to stamp collecting. Nothing much will change.
BUT, if the Higgs Boson is not found, wow, now that will signify that there is a problem in our current understanding of the particle zoo.
There are quite a few scientists at the LHC which, although want to find the Higgs, agree that the most exciting thing that could happen, is to NOT find the Higgs.
I personally believe that the best discovery would be Super Symmetry...that really would be something.