Quite a revolutionary discovery, but the thing is: what to be done about the deniers? And there will be deniers, you can bet on it. Skeptics skeptic of skepticism. Hundreds of years catering to creationism cannot be waved away so fast, beliefs often outlive logic. I fear that not everyone will think this discovery so revolutionary...
The five sigma assertion for the likelihood of the Higgs boson existing should make sure that any skeptical beliefs are not massive.
The Higgs boson walks into a church. The priest says, "We don't allow Higgs bosons in here." The Higgs boson says, "But without me, how can you have mass?"
So the priest says, "Ah but there's a great probability that you are entirely imaginary." The Higgs Boson says, "This wouldn't be the first time today you've been talking to an imaginary entity."
