Comments on: Higgs Boson plush toy http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 01:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mazoola http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282895 Mazoola Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282895 I just tried to order one, but their online store wouldn't let me have the shipment tracked.... I just tried to order one, but their online store wouldn’t let me have the shipment tracked….

]]> By: sammich http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-284210 sammich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-284210 vorpalchick @ 9 + 14 oops! Hands up for posting an unresearched cheap joke... (I hadn't followed your link) ...but we have SO LITTLE TIME LEFT for such nicities :O( vorpalchick @ 9 + 14 oops! Hands up for posting an unresearched cheap joke… (I hadn’t followed your link) …but we have SO LITTLE TIME LEFT for such nicities :O(

]]> By: eustace http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282676 eustace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282676 It's so cute! Not threatening at all! It’s so cute! Not threatening at all!

]]> By: Tony Indindoli http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-283444 Tony Indindoli Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-283444 its filled with gravel? the gravel gives it mass...so...the source of mass in the universe is gravel? Hawkings bet $100 they never find the Higgs. So stock up, put them on ebay in 20 years, along with the jars of universal ether. its filled with gravel?
the gravel gives it mass…so…the source of mass in the universe is gravel?

Hawkings bet $100 they never find the Higgs. So stock up, put them on ebay in 20 years, along with the jars of universal ether.

]]> By: mlennox http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282682 mlennox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282682 It's filled with gravel - notso suitable for babys crib I would imagine! It’s filled with gravel – notso suitable for babys crib I would imagine!

]]> By: wil9000 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282683 wil9000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282683 So cute! Like a unicorn! Exactly like, in fact. Maybe the Higgs Boson exists, and maybe it doesn't, but no matter what, they'll keep looking for it, no matter what the results of their experiments are. One of the things it will help explain, if it exists, is string theory, which a lot of the smartest people believe in, but also a lot of the smartest people are starting to think is a dead end, the alchemy of the 21st century. Even Newton believed in Alchemy, and it led to modern day chemistry and physics, but it was, at its heart, nonsense. String theory proposes lots of great ideas, but most of them are untestable, and will remain untestable forever. Hopefully there will be an offshoot of string theory that will lead to something more than just an exercise in navel gazing. So cute! Like a unicorn! Exactly like, in fact.
Maybe the Higgs Boson exists, and maybe it doesn’t, but no matter what, they’ll keep looking for it, no matter what the results of their experiments are. One of the things it will help explain, if it exists, is string theory, which a lot of the smartest people believe in, but also a lot of the smartest people are starting to think is a dead end, the alchemy of the 21st century. Even Newton believed in Alchemy, and it led to modern day chemistry and physics, but it was, at its heart, nonsense. String theory proposes lots of great ideas, but most of them are untestable, and will remain untestable forever. Hopefully there will be an offshoot of string theory that will lead to something more than just an exercise in navel gazing.

]]> By: sammich http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282944 sammich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282944 vorpalchick @ 9 - we haven't yet survived even one collision, so far they've only sent the beam round in one direction at once. The end of the universe had been "tentatively scheduled" for the 21st of October, but it's ahead of scedule at the moment, so we could die sooner! :D http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/first-beam-circ.html i hope you kept the reciept for your t-shirt... vorpalchick @ 9 – we haven’t yet survived even one collision, so far they’ve only sent the beam round in one direction at once. The end of the universe had been “tentatively scheduled” for the 21st of October, but it’s ahead of scedule at the moment, so we could die sooner! :D
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/first-beam-circ.html

i hope you kept the reciept for your t-shirt…

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282719 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282719 Wow! SO accurately described, it's like they had a photo and an introduction :) Wow! SO accurately described, it’s like they had a photo and an introduction :)

]]> By: axoplasm http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282979 axoplasm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282979 Before my son was born, I never could remember the word for pre-term labor (”Braxton Hicks” contractions) and kept calling them “Higgs boson contractions.” They do sound similar when it’s late at night and you think you’re about to emit a new person. Before my son was born, I never could remember the word for pre-term labor (”Braxton Hicks” contractions) and kept calling them “Higgs boson contractions.” They do sound similar when it’s late at night and you think you’re about to emit a new person.

]]> By: Eater of beef http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282733 Eater of beef Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282733 Ten dollars for a sack of gravel. Now THAT'S a bargain! Ten dollars for a sack of gravel.

Now THAT’S a bargain!

]]> By: Robbo http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282749 Robbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282749 My friend, Fred, asks: "Does it come with it's own plushy black hole?" Eeeew. My friend, Fred, asks: “Does it come with it’s own plushy black hole?”

Eeeew.

]]> By: mightymouse1584 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282754 mightymouse1584 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282754 this year's must have toy this year’s must have toy

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282764 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282764 I already knew the universe was made of wool and gravel. I already knew the universe was made of wool and gravel.

]]> By: Ruth http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-295828 Ruth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-295828 A little LHC fun: www.cynicmag.com/features2006.asp?articleid=2432 A little LHC fun:

http://www.cynicmag.com/features2006.asp?articleid=2432

]]> By: vorpalchick http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-283032 vorpalchick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-283032 sammich @ 12 LOL did you check out the http://MadSciStuff.com website? They memtion that collisions will start on October 21 and they even have a guarantee that if the world does get destroyed in the end, all evidence that you bought one of their 'I survived' t-shirts will be destroyed to save you any embarassment haha! There's no risk :P Your cash will be destroyed too so... LOL But I think you have completely missed the point of these tees. It is to defy the silly media and people who jumped at the first chance of spreading spreading such a dumb and sensational story. sammich @ 12

LOL did you check out the http://MadSciStuff.com website? They memtion that collisions will start on October 21 and they even have a guarantee that if the world does get destroyed in the end, all evidence that you bought one of their ‘I survived’ t-shirts will be destroyed to save you any embarassment haha! There’s no risk :P Your cash will be destroyed too so… LOL

But I think you have completely missed the point of these tees. It is to defy the silly media and people who jumped at the first chance of spreading spreading such a dumb and sensational story.

]]> By: vorpalchick http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282785 vorpalchick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282785 This is so cute! I want one to go with the I survived the LHC experiment tshirt i got from http://www.madscistuff.com Acutally I think i'll need another shirt for the higgs boson too :P This is so cute! I want one to go with the I survived the LHC experiment tshirt i got from http://www.madscistuff.com

Acutally I think i’ll need another shirt for the higgs boson too :P

]]> By: Randwulf http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-282786 Randwulf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282786 So this is the face of God? I'm strangely comfortable with that. So this is the face of God? I’m strangely comfortable with that.

]]> By: LightningCrash http://boingboing.net/2008/09/13/higgs-boson-plush-to.html#comment-283077 LightningCrash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-283077 @#13: HAHAHAHAHAHA RE OP: This is awesome. It was only a matter of time. @#13: HAHAHAHAHAHA

RE OP: This is awesome. It was only a matter of time.

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