Stephen Hawking loses $100 over Higgs Boson

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Stephen Hawking lost because he said it would never be found


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[AstralTraveller (David)]

I bet he doesn't care.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

I bet he doesn't care.

I doubt he does either infact I bet he is dancing in his mind

[MrB (Simon)]

Interesting, did he say it would never be found because he believed it didn't exist or just that we(humans) were unlikely to detect it?

[JB80 (Jarrod)]

It was more out of his own amusement really and the fact that science's greatest advances come about from unexpected results. If they couldn't find it then a whole re-think would of been needed. I doubt he actually disagreed with the fact it could exist.

"This is an important result and should earn Peter Higgs the Nobel Prize.
"But it is a pity in a way because the great advances in physics have come from experiments that gave results we didn't expect.
"For this reason I had a bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University that the Higgs particle wouldn't be found. It seems I have just lost $100."

Stephen Hawkings own words.