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Originally Posted by renormalised

Someone should "salt" the results at the LHC

What if they never find the Higgs. That's going to throw a rather large spanner in their works as they stand at present. Just think, they spend several billion dollars on a new accelerator designed specifically to look for the Higgs particle (amongst other things) and they don't find it. Some pollies would love that....an excuse to shut it down.

Not finding the Higgs would be a major scientific "discovery".

Either way the LHC serves a purpose.

Regards

Steven