Soleron on 05 July 2012
| Dodece said: @Soleron I still think the onus should be on them providing the data. Rather then them interpreting the data. If you are the one running the experiment you shouldn't openly be a proponent of one theory or another. It is like a referee taking up sides in a game. There are multiple models out there, and saying this is that particle in this popular model opens them up to being wrong. They don't have to put themselves in a position where they could end up being wrong. The truth is anyone hearing this data could sum it up to the public without them putting themselves on the line. |
"They" is actually many teams employed by CERN to specifically analyse the data. They're different from the people who designed or who are operating the experiment.
Their wording says that a Higgs boson is the most likely explanation. They can't be wrong.
And if it isn't a Higgs boson it was still worth making a big deal over. Your first post said they shouldn't have announced it, now you're saying they shouldn't interpret it? Any physicist would interpret the data the same: high chance of a Standard Model Higgs.
