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Is it possible to predict real world applications that could come from this discovery? Probably not, I guess no one could've envisioned the iPhone 100 years ago but still...I just wonder if this will down the road revolutionise everything in not just the science world but the average joe's world too.

reply posted on 4-7-2012 @ 04:04 AM by InFriNiTee

From Wikipedia:

see this link for more info.

Cost Main article: List of megaprojects With a budget of 7.5 billion euros (approx. $9bn or £6.19bn as of Jun 2010), the LHC is one of the most expensive scientific instruments[73] ever built.[74] The total cost of the project is expected to be of the order of 4.6bn Swiss francs (approx. $4.4bn, €3.1bn, or £2.8bn as of Jan 2010) for the accelerator and SFr 1.16bn (approx. $1.1bn, €0.8bn, or £0.7bn as of Jan 2010) for the CERN contribution to the experiments.[75]

For that cost as of 2010, I hope it makes a BIG difference to science that justifies it.

reply posted on 4-7-2012 @ 04:30 AM by acmpnsfal

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That is definitely possible, I mean our understanding of physics revolutionized computers, so its possible this could lead to technological advancement in the future. I was just saying that even if it did not, I don't think you can put a price on learning something like this.

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reply posted on 4-7-2012 @ 04:39 AM by Lulzaroonie

While 5 sigma is evidence, isn't it something like 12 sigma which is irrefutable evidence or definitive evidence or something like that?

reply posted on 4-7-2012 @ 04:44 AM by acmpnsfal

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Heres a link for you, if it werent for CERN we wouldn't be having this exchange. Read Up

reply posted on 4-7-2012 @ 04:55 AM by InFriNiTee

I found this from news.com.au:

THE practical benefits of the "God particle" are difficult for physicists to explain because they are potentially so far reaching.

The global scientific community is abuzz about the 30-year search for the Higgs boson or the God particle, a theoretical particle that is key to the scientific understanding of all matter.

1. One benefit is that the scientists now have the "key" of understanding all matter.

"What we hope is to fix now the understanding of the standard model of physics which is the basis of many applications, many things which we actually see in all day life." The results of the research being done near Geneva could help scientists probe other mysteries of the universe such as the nature of dark matter. "Of course you never could predict what happens later on," Dr Jenni said.

2. So even though they have the "key", it's at this time unknown what benefits will be gotten with this knowledge-but assuredly there will be many things they find.

I hope for one thing they can discover some way to decontaminate large amounts of nuclear waste.

I wonder what they'll use the LHC for now?

reply posted on 4-7-2012 @ 05:09 AM by InFriNiTee

Originally posted by acmpnsfal
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Heres a link for you, if it werent for CERN we wouldn't be having this exchange. Read Up

Thank you for that article! I read the linked info, and discovered that we have the world wide web thanks to a Tim Berners-Lee, a graduate from Oxford University with 1st class Honors in Physics, who invented the World Wide Web at CERN in 1990.

I'll have to agree that this piece of data they've found is very useful, I just hope they use it to make the world a better place.

reply posted on 4-7-2012 @ 05:10 AM by acmpnsfal

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Lol, okay. You just want to be difficult.You won't be content with whatever answer I give you.Whatever benefits come from this will not be known this second, thus is the nature of science. I mean some random scientist in any field could by intent or accident stumble upon the cure for any number of ills in this world. But you would have all science halted and im guessing not funded because the world is not perfect. Go sit under a tree in a park and be apathetic about the state of the world. Im going to enjoy this great moment.