Ricky Gervais explaining how he became an Atheist

[Kasz216]

Rath said:

Kasz216 said:

Rath said:

Not true, if for example the LHC fails to find the Higgs Boson considerable doubt will be placed upon its existence, if an even more powerful collider then fails to find the Higgs Boson even more doubt will be placed upon its existence. That can happen until the point its assumed that it doesn't exist and then theoretical physics will have to change to accept the experimental physics.

 

I disagree.  I think they will simply come up with more theoreis why it wasn't found.

 

 

Well unless you want to back that up I think you're simply wrong. The thing is they know what the particles should be like purely through the theoretical and mathematical side of physics and as such they know what machine should find them. If the machine that should find them doesn't then they know that the theory has a flaw.

It's what scientists have always done... and still do.  They backup clearly flawed models and methods until some genius come up with a completely new theory.

Remember Luminiferous Aether for example?

It took forever to upend even long after it was deeemed impossible to exist.