Comments on: Quilts inspired by the Large Hadron Collider http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/quilts-inspired-by-the-large-h.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bill McGeachen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/quilts-inspired-by-the-large-h.html#comment-1356510 Bill McGeachen Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146170#comment-1356510 Beautiful. I just can't figure out why I always read it as "hardon". Beautiful. I just can’t figure out why I always read it as “hardon”.

]]> By: Erik Peterson http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/quilts-inspired-by-the-large-h.html#comment-1356115 Erik Peterson Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146170#comment-1356115 You see Large Hadron Collider, I see Autobot Matrix of Leadership. You see Large Hadron Collider, I see Autobot Matrix of Leadership.

]]> By: Ernst Schneider http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/quilts-inspired-by-the-large-h.html#comment-1355987 Ernst Schneider Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146170#comment-1355987 Odd subject material. Odd subject material.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/quilts-inspired-by-the-large-h.html#comment-1355971 Noctilucent Studios Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146170#comment-1355971 It's lovely...what's causing the 3-D effect with  the white eye shaped piece? It’s lovely…what’s causing the 3-D effect with  the white eye shaped piece?

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/quilts-inspired-by-the-large-h.html#comment-1355953 Maggie Koerth-Baker Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146170#comment-1355953 Yes. And that would have been awesome.  Here's the thing: Your average scientist is actually really, really excited when it turns out we don't understand the universe as well as we thought we did. That kind of failure is not a bug, it's a feature. Oh, they'll try like hell to disprove a finding like this, because anything that purports to upend our understanding of the universe needs to be poked and prodded and subjected to every counter-attack possible. But if it stands up to that, and we have to re-write the science textbooks? That's awesome.  Yes. And that would have been awesome. 

Here’s the thing: Your average scientist is actually really, really excited when it turns out we don’t understand the universe as well as we thought we did. That kind of failure is not a bug, it’s a feature. Oh, they’ll try like hell to disprove a finding like this, because anything that purports to upend our understanding of the universe needs to be poked and prodded and subjected to every counter-attack possible. But if it stands up to that, and we have to re-write the science textbooks? That’s awesome. 

]]> By: robotnik http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/quilts-inspired-by-the-large-h.html#comment-1355909 robotnik Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146170#comment-1355909 Why is the news that the OPERA results were incorrect disappointing? I'm no physicist, but would that not have thrown quite a wrench in the works of our understanding of the universe? Why is the news that the OPERA results were incorrect disappointing? I’m no physicist, but would that not have thrown quite a wrench in the works of our understanding of the universe?

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