For example, he claimed that the confirmation of the Higgs raised questions about the standard model and made a couple of wild leaps about what this might imply.
That I never said. Some of you guys are some what gullible reading a troll remarks between words that I did not write. I implied that implication of observing a particle, such as the speedy neutrino, traveling faster then the speed of light between CERN and OPERA could have implications regarding the Standard Model and one explanation for such an instance could be miniscule black holes with in the Higgs Field and if you want references here we go:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1109.4897
From what I understand they are still very much concerned about the speed of muon Neutrinos as there is still appears to be time out on whether it was attributed to human error. "In response to the latest OPERA result, MINOS issued a statement saying that it is upgrading its timing system to match OPERA's precision. MINOS might also be able to complete a preliminary check of the OPERA result, using its existing system, as soon as early 2012." - where by the trials have not been definitively completed as of yet and it`s almost 2014. "CERN defends its decision to host a symposium in which OPERA announced the result. "It is the normal order for any scientific process," says Arnaud Marsollier of the CERN press office. "Even in September, we were very cautious in saying this is not a discovery, this is something that is not understood and that we want to check again."
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21510-was-speeding-neutrino-claim-a-human-error.html
Neutrino's are calculated to decay at about 2.1*10-21 years which is about 100 billion times longer than the age of the Universe. This suggest neutrinos may be there own Anti-Particle. I suppose it all amounts to exploring Einstein's /\ Constant using in 4 Dimensional Calculations (R4) regarding Dark Energy and Matter missing from the Universe. Some Physicists suggest we explore 5 Dimensional Calculations (R5) which may ultimately lead to see an Infinitely Dimensional (Rn) Universe. I agree it's abstract but abstraction, postulation and imagination I believe has a way for us to see things we can't understand about the universe, ourselves and how we fit in.
Here's an interesting Mapping of Dark Matter structure in the Universe:
http://www.space.com/10329-dark-matter-3.html
So light Bends around Dark Matter. Questions arise; are Neutrinos Dark Matter, do Neutrinos orbit around Black Holes, can Neutrinos travel faster then the speed of light by taking shortcuts ...etc. Hum! I'm back to my hypothesis regarding a Higg's Field Containment Generator to build a Warp Drive Engine where Neutrinos just may be the Spice that will allow us to travel to the furthest parts of the known Universe - Nice to have an imagine when some Physicists are exploring the possibility of Dimensional Shortcuts. ;o)
Photons can not be considered Particles or Waves but more so like instances of Energy between Quantum Particles: What really gets me is why we see what we label as Matter and not the other 85% of the Cosmos we label as Dark Energy and Dark Matter. Here's good Article written on Photons by Eric Flesh:
http://quasars.org/photon.txt