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Higgs Boson Particle Confirmed With 'High Degree Of Certainty', Stephen Hawking Loses $100 Bet

July 5, 2012 / announcement, betting, cern, congratulations, discovery, if i were a betting man i would owe so much money right now i'd be living somewhere in the midwest under an alias and fake beard, large hadron collider, losing things, particles, physics, stephen hawking, wow even physics announcements get leaked now

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Seen here cheesin' his physics-loving face off during an interview with the BBC, Stephen Hawking reacts to CERN's confirmation that the Higgs Boson particle has likely been found, and how he's out $100. Per ol' robot-voice himself:

This is an important result, and should be rewarded with a Nobel prize, but it is a pity in a way, because the great advances in physics came from experiments that gave results we didn't expect. For this reason, I had a bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University that the next particle wouldn't be found. It seems I have just lost $100.

Dammit Stephen, I trusted you on that whole bet thing. Now I'm out $500. Not gonna lie, there were times yesterday when I felt like sending somebody to break your knees backwards before realizing you don't even need them. I was mad. Mad and drunk. You know, maybe this Hawking character isn't as smart as we thought he was after all. Or -- OR -- maybe he's pulling a WARNING, USUAL SUSPECTS SPOILER: Keyser Söze kinda deal. Man, I bet he can walk.

Hit the jump for the 1-minute interview.

Thanks to MetalMusick and James, who discover particles all the time they just don't brag about them because they're usually like dust and sand.

There are Comments
  • Guest

    There's nothing more fun than a bet between geniuses.

    (what's with all the TF2 recommendations?)

  • I don't care about what he's talking about, I just wonder how can he make the machine speak for him, like.. reading his mind or shit ? xDD

  • The machine follows his eye movements and finds words and letters that he wants. I believe that is what the thing under his eyeglass helps with.

  • I'm sure he wont miss $100 - he probably spends more than that on strippers.

  • Getting desktop strippers is completely free.

  • EDWARD J. SMITH

    Does this mean my copy of "A Brief History of Time" is all wrong now? O well, I never made it the end anyway.

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