The answer to everything

“The Higgs boson is the only particle left in our understanding of particle physics (called the Standard Model) that we haven’t discovered. We think it exists — there’s math that postulates it does — it simply has never been observed.”

Aaannndd: “… CERN has announced that its observation of the Higgs boson (or a particle that is Higgs-like) is now approaching 7 sigma certainty.

“5 sigma — 99.9999% certainty... — is the threshold for an observation to be labeled a scientific discovery.”

CERN passed 5 certainty this past summer.

To recap: Scientists are on the verge of explaining everything. Until the next explanation comes along from a scientist who said of Higgs boson, “Wait a minute. Let’s look at …”

Can a scientist say, “We know with certainty …”?

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2012/12/cern-virtually-certain-its-discovered.html

From maggiesfarm.