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Nielsen counters that nature might allow a small number of Higgs to be produced by the Tevatron, but would prevent the production of the large number of particles the LHC is anticipated to produce. He also acknowledges that Higgs particles are probably produced in cosmic collisions, but says it's impossible to know whether nature has stopped a great deal of these collisions from happening. "It's possible that God avoids Higgs [particles] only when there are very many of them, but if there are a few, maybe He let's them go," he says.

Eisbreaker wrote:

Nielsen counters that nature might allow a small number of Higgs to be produced by the Tevatron, but would prevent the production of the large number of particles the LHC is anticipated to produce. He also acknowledges that Higgs particles are probably produced in cosmic collisions, but says it's impossible to know whether nature has stopped a great deal of these collisions from happening. "It's possible that God avoids Higgs [particles] only when there are very many of them, but if there are a few, maybe He let's them go," he says.

Derp.

This is why religious (making an assumption here, he could very well be deist but what I am about to say likely still applies to that) people should, in my opinion, not deal in science. Religion and science are two fundamentally different approaches, the first seeks to prove an existing agenda by looking for evidence that fits, the latter seeks to find new answers based on evidence that exists.

I think you can see how Mr. Nielson's approach is fucking up our science. >:|

sotic wrote:I'd say that "God" is, in this case, a metaphor for nature, e.g. God abhors a vacuum.