YandaB
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There will be some that are dancing with tears in their eyes tonight.
Celebs who’ve passed
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There will be some that are dancing with tears in their eyes tonight.nickjdavis
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Joe Kinnear has died...
www.bbc.co.uk
Former Wimbledon manager Kinnear dies aged 77
Former Wimbledon and Newcastle United manager Joe Kinnear dies at the age of 77, his family announces.
www.bbc.co.uk
arnieboy
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A great Spurs player partnered with Cyril Knowles, his fellow full back.Joe Kinnear has died...
Former Wimbledon manager Kinnear dies aged 77
Former Wimbledon and Newcastle United manager Joe Kinnear dies at the age of 77, his family announces.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Sad. As someone with an affiliation to Wimbledon he was always held in very high esteem by the club and the fans
Red devil
Well-known member
Another former footballer with dementia. There's a pattern developing here.Joe Kinnear has died...
Former Wimbledon manager Kinnear dies aged 77
Former Wimbledon and Newcastle United manager Joe Kinnear dies at the age of 77, his family announces.
cliveb
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Peter Higgs.
More important than any mere celebrity.
More important than any mere celebrity.
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
Why is he so important? I get he was a great scientist, but what difference did he make to ordinary people's lives? (That's a genuine question btw, I'm looking to be educated here, not to start an argument.)
cliveb
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I guess it depends on whether you feel that ordinary people's lives are impacted more by advances in science or being entertained.
I think the question is how have lives been advanced by his discovery? The scientific community get very excited by certain things but to non scientists we are left scratching our heads about them. It's theoretical physics but does it actually make a difference to the rest of us?
I'm in the same boat, I don't understand so this is a good chance to ask that question and hopefully for us non scientists to learn something.
cliveb
Head Pro
All useful technological advances are based on previous abstract scientific research.
One obvious example that springs to mind is that without General Relativity, GPS wouldn't work. Decades elapsed between the theory and that particular application.
At this stage, while there is no obvious practical application based on our understanding of the Higgs Field, we have no idea what it might possibly yield in the future.
I acknowledge that this thread is "CELEBS who've passed", so perhaps it wasn't appropriate to add Peter Higgs.
I do think it is worth noting his passing, though.
I think the heading 'celebs' could possibly be altered to 'Notable People' or Famous People' etc but that is down to the originator. His passing is certainly one to be mentioned, no question.
YandaB
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Well it's not directly linked, but the Large Hadron Collider is at CERN and has been used to ratify some of his theories The thing that came out of CERN that does impact everyones lives and makes this forum possible is the World Wide Web. There are also a bunch of other technologies that are now applied elsewhere that have been created whilst looking for the "god particle": https://home.cern/about/what-we-do/our-impact.
Swango1980
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I'm yet to determine whether the World Wide Web is a force of good or evil for human civilization.
This one will polarise opinion, especially in the States. OJ Simpson has reportedly passed away.
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Like a lot of devices and machines made by mankind, it can be either or it can be both. We know what the determining factor is. And that is not the machine itself.
Pin-seeker
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Wonder if he left a confession
Robster59
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I'm not going to say too much in case I get banned!
Likewise.
Robster59
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Banning yourself. That'll be a first.
