Nobel Prize actually awarded for non-discovery

Given that the Nobel Prize has been awarded for the discovery of the Higgs boson, I want to be one of the lone voices of reason and point out that NO ONE is saying that the Higgs boson has been discovered. Even CERN will only say that the evidence "strongly indicates that it is a Higgs boson."

So why is the Nobel Prize being awarded for a non-discovery?

Actually, to be honest, I guess the Prize was awarded merely for the theory that predicts the Higgs boson. But still, in the announcement, the Prize committee says that the theory "...recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted particle..."

Wrong!

I hereby predict that in due course it will be reported that the evidence has turned against the recently discovered particle being the Higgs boson.

So what have I got against the Higgs boson? Absolutely nothing. I just refuse to go along with the propaganda that the Higgs boson has been discovered when no one will come out and say that whatever they found is definitely the Higgs boson. Whatever happened to scientific integrity and honesty?

"Virtually certain" is not certain. If I'm virtually certain that a particular girl will go out with me Friday night, I'm not going to make reservations for dinner until I actually get a "Yes."

I also like how CERN, high on the success of the Higgs "discovery," is now going to turn its attention to Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Good luck with that.

Another rant on dark matter

In regard to dark matter, you could say, “Well, astronomers were able to predict the existence of planets in our solar system that had not yet been directly observed, because the unseen planets perturbed the orbits of already-observed planets. It’s the same situation with dark matter. We know its there because it’s perturbing the motion of visible matter in distant space.”

But it’s not the same situation. Where unseen planets are concerned, astronomers weren’t positing the existence of a new form of matter with very unusual properties. They were merely saying, “There should be a planet in this orbit, because the orbit of this other planet doesn’t quite fit theory.” There’s nothing wrong with that type of prediction. But with dark matter, scientists aren’t doing that. They’re saying, “There should be a completely new form of matter with very unusual properties all around us, because the motion of distant matter isn’t behaving according to theory.”

Now, if the planet-hunting astronomers had said, “There should be a completely new form of matter with very unusual properties in this orbit, because the orbit of this other planet doesn’t quite fit theory,” it would be a different story. THAT would be an absurd, unwarranted leap of logic, and it’s precisely the leap scientists are making when they concoct dark matter to patch the hole in their Big Bang theory. 

The reason scientists aren't resorting to everyday, familiar objects to explain the motion of distant matter is because the discrepancies between observed and predicted motions aren't the only problems faced by cosmologists. Dark matter is being invented to explain other discrepancies as well. Ordinary matter won't fit the bill. 

Dark matter and dark energy

What does it mean when scientists talk about dark matter and dark energy? It means the Big Bang theory doesn’t fit with observation, and they have to make up stuff (dark energy, dark matter) in order to make the theory fit observation. But dark matter and dark energy are purely hypothetical and ad hoc constructions to save the theory. They’ve never been detected.

“Au contraire, mon frere, dark matter and dark energy have been detected. We know they exist because observation doesn’t fit theory. And observation doesn’t fit theory because dark energy and dark matter are there complicating things.”

The only proof scientists have that their hypothetical dark matter exists is that their theory doesn’t work without it. That’s ridiculous. Bits of visible matter in the distant universe don’t move the way theory says they should, therefore that means dark matter exists. Double ridiculous. Rather than say the theory is disproved by observation, scientists say observation proves the existence of an unseen type of matter and energy. Triple ridiculous.

We know it exists because our theory doesn’t work without it. That’s the proof for dark matter and dark energy.