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Old 12-10-2017, 11:39 AM   #7
wdmso
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Originally Posted by detbuch View Post
As usual, you cherry pick. Yes, it fits within the Standard Model. It was the calculating through that model that birthed the notion that such a particle could exist. Whatever anyone expected it to be is not the relevant point. Until it was found, there was much discrediting of the notion that it existed. And having been found, it greatly adds to scientific knowledge. The "looking for the needle in a haystack" (as what science is often about) was important and was a profitable scientific advancement.

Your notion that looking for and finding a needle in a haystack proves nothing is total bunk.
funny now you defend scientific advancement.

Just stop trying to sell the needles you "find" as watershed moments or gotcha pieces to support you narrative..and narrow world view ...
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