The Higgs boson proves nothing; it's just a catch-all particle that makes things simple for physicists. Man, I'd love for that particle to be proven with all it's supposed properties but something tells me that it's not that simple. Think about the flurry of junk about the quark in the 70's as opposed to the reality.

><snip>All reality is virtual
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>Only if the Higgs boson is proved to exist
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><snip> If matter is defined as quantum level vacuum fluctuations then that defines baryonic reality, doesn't it? So reality = reality?
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>It as always depends on your point of reference.