Did the LHC find the Higgs boson?

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While the rumor was slightly interesting, the commentary was very interesting! It gives (with give and take :) ) a modest window into how folks at this level and in this discipline interact. A pleasant change from the more or less constant 'Apple this...' and 'SEOs that...'

A pleasant change from the more or less constant 'Apple this...' and 'SEOs that...'

That hasn't ever been the case in academic CS as far as I can see. In fact, in my experience academic CS looks pretty much the same as academic physics. The closest approximation in the CS community for this event was probably that P=?NP "paper" that Lipton posted a little while ago.

People are taking sides already, and with zeal! That makes me incredibly curious.

Answer: probably not.

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