OT: Stephen Hawking loses $100 bet to Michigan professor

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July 4th, 2012 at 2:46 PM
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OT: Stephen Hawking loses $100 bet to Michigan professor

"But it is a pity in a way because the great advances in physics have come from experiments that gave results we didn't expect.

"For this reason I had a bet with Gordon Kane of Michigan University[sic] that the Higgs particle wouldn't be found. It seems I have just lost $100."

Source:

http://news.yahoo.com/hawking-says-lost-100-bet-over-higgs-discovery-151...

 

This is from the discovery of a new sub-atomic particle, the Higgs-Boson:

http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-higgs-like-boso...

Stephen Hawking lost a physics bet to a Michigan professor. Michigan Difference. Still, this is a great advancement in the discovery of our universe.

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July 4th, 2012 at 2:55 PM | no biggie. He's made much (Score:5 Funny)
greenwood
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no biggie. He's made much more betting against michigan state professors

July 4th, 2012 at 4:10 PM | Come on, now, don't make fun (Score:5 Funny)
CalJr3000
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Come on, now, don't make fun of the Spartan faculty--they were REALLY close when they bet old Steve that the Higgs Bro-son would be discovered this year.

July 4th, 2012 at 4:26 PM | I believe you just won the (Score:2)
htownwolverine
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I believe you just won the internet. Thanks for the laugh.

Who is Jon Falk?
July 5th, 2012 at 2:59 PM | Betting (Score:1)
wild_blue_yonder
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Where is jamiemac to give us the lines?

I'd put money on UM profs to cover.

July 4th, 2012 at 3:03 PM | _ (Score:1 Overrated)
M Fanfare
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Hail to the college whose colors we wear,

Hurrah for the Yellow and Blue!

July 4th, 2012 at 3:03 PM | I could not help reading that (Score:5 Normal)
DrewGOBLUE
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I could not help reading that quote in Stephen Hawking's voice.

If Ann Arbor is a whore, why didn't you get in?

July 4th, 2012 at 8:54 PM | (No subject) (Score:3 Normal)
bronxblue
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July 4th, 2012 at 9:25 PM | it works every time too. (Score:2)
triangle_M
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it works every time too.

 


And when we play as a team, when the old season is over, you and I know it’s going to be Michigan again. Michigan!

 

July 4th, 2012 at 3:06 PM | Smart bet by the professor (Score:5 Normal)
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Smart bet by the professor since there is really no way he could've lost the $100, he would have just been able to claim it hadn't been discovered yet. Unless the bet was limited to one or the other's lifetime that is.

July 4th, 2012 at 3:19 PM | Michigan University.  Yikes. (Score:4 Normal)
willywill9
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Michigan University.  Yikes.  I'll forgive him.

Touchdown Michigan!

July 4th, 2012 at 3:44 PM | This is great (Score:1)
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Go Blue

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

July 4th, 2012 at 3:56 PM | had there been no Higgs-Boson, however, (Score:1)
MGlobules
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the bet could never have been formulated. True, we only know that in hindsight. . .

July 4th, 2012 at 5:44 PM | Seems appropriate (Score:1)
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July 4th, 2012 at 6:30 PM | That's not much of a bet. (Score:4 Normal)
Brown Bear
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That's not much of a bet. He probably has somebody wipe his ass with $100 bills.

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July 4th, 2012 at 8:15 PM | relevant signature (Score:3 Normal)
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"There is not a scale available with which I can accurately measure how much I want you to shut the fuck up right now."

July 4th, 2012 at 7:31 PM | Relevent. (Score:5 Normal)
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Relevent.

Photography Facebook Page. Lots of Michigan sports photos. And planes, lots of planes:
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July 5th, 2012 at 1:04 PM | Good selling point for the (Score:2)
snarling wolverine
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Good selling point for the university.  "University of Michigan: Our Professors Outsmarted Stephen Hawking."

July 5th, 2012 at 6:39 PM | Now (Score:1)
uminks
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Does this complete the string theory? Finally QM united with GR, finally the T.O.E may be finalized!

expect the best

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