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It is a truth universally acknowledged that, among the world-class theoretical physicists of our time, the one with the most entertaining web page is Gerard 't Hooft. (Even though he would be annoyed to see that Wordpress refuses to display the apostrophe in his name correctly.) See for example the Constitution for 9491 Thooft, an asteroid that was named in his honor. Sounds like a place I would like to visit, once the hotel situation has advanced a bit. I'm mentioning it because I was struck by this succinct answer to the question, "Will the Higgs be found?" Nothing especially newsworthy, I just enjoyed the spirit of the reply.

More and more frequently, I receive letters and mails from wise people outside physics, telling me that "they know" that the Higgs will not be found, that our theories are baloney, how dare we spend billions of public funds to build ...

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