Ben Recht got my attention with a tweet about his blog post "The Higgs discovery did not take place.” I’m generally a fan of Ben’s writing, but I think he’s off base on a number of issues, and I’ll explain why. [Updated Oct 23rd, 2024] Ben's post starts off with a debate about statistics (the role of null hypothesis testing), but the post goes into a lot of other issues and ends with a damning conclusion The Higgs Discovery is a celebration of modern bureaucracy, not a revelation about material ...