So what IS the Higgs boson?

Hank responds to viewer questions, and explains what the Higgs boson particle actually IS.

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Produced by Hank Green
Chief Editor: Blake de Pastino
Cinematography: Nick Jenkins
Video Editor: Matt Ferguson
Graphics: Amber Bushnell
Written by: Hank Green

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[epocfeal]

Not alot of things are fact, for instance gravity is a theory, if one day it just stopped working we would have to come up with a new idea as to why that is, chis never said that it was a believe it seems like he just kind of got fed up with you saying the same thing over and over and not understanding, while I do believe in evolution because of the huge amount of stuff supporting it we cant say there are no other possibility's because we didnt watch the whole thing happen.

[iliatilev]

LOL It's not a matter of believe if it's a fact it is! Simple as that. PERIOD

[Christopher Archer]

Um.. fine. I don't really want to argue, so I'll just let you believe what you want to believe. Goodbye

[iliatilev]

That evolution is a fact yes!

[Christopher Archer]

So what you're saying is... you agree with me?

[mexicandowndastreet4]

i know. I was just makin' up an idea. I don't personally believe that humans and apes were left out texts. That would be making a statement I haven't looked too deep in. I love science and math, but i'll just keep religion and science from colliding. Mostly cause i believe a majority of texts are meant to be taken figuratively and not literally, such as how people are doing for all these years.....i'll stop here tho, imma just stop the argument unsolved, and play some guitar by the pond :D

[iliatilev]

Scientific theories are explanations of natural phenomena built up logically from testable observations and hypotheses.

Theory: A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena

[Christopher Archer]

No, a theory is an explanation of why things happen. Like the THEORY of Evolution explains how life varies. Evolution is not a fact because we have never seen it happen, since it takes a long time. Since evolution is not observable, we must call it a theory.

Do your research before ridiculing someone next time, OK?

[socketyears]

@ mexicandowndastreet4 ,, there is simply much better info available then that of what you seem to be relying on , bibles and religious texts are translations and written by men , how many times something gets re-written/ re-translated can sometimes alter the original meanings , so how many times have they been re-written ? , studies of all the ancient people's accounts and beliefs contain remarkable similarities to the bibles creation, destruction beliefs, it's a good starting point.

[iliatilev]

Christopher Archer you are simply stupid not just retarded!