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I am so sick of the Higgs Boson being called the "god particle". (Original Post)
Odin2005
Jul 2012
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FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)1. Yup!
Me, too.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)2. "the publisher wouldn't let us call it the Goddamn Particle"
dimbear
(6,271 posts)3. People have been looking for it fruitlessly forever.
Likely to continue to do so.
Kind of fits.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)4. It does sound ridiculous, doesn't it?
I reserve judgment....if they can find "proof" that there is a god, I will reconsider my stand on this. But I don't think that this, even if it does exist, will prove there is a god.
Gore1FL
(21,163 posts)5. I know why they call it that.
Without the Higgs Boson the Pope wouldn't have mass.
Betsy Ross
(3,147 posts)6. oooooooooooh. n/t
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)7. LOL!...alright, No soup for you!
sakabatou
(42,189 posts)9. Bah dum tss
LOL
ohgeewhiz
(193 posts)11. You were watching the Maddow show, I bet!
Ezra Klein just told that joke last night.
Gore1FL
(21,163 posts)12. I missed it
I made that joke when the LHC was in the News last December.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)13. That is DUzy material right there
I literally gasped when I read that, then had to explain to my wife what made it funny. One internet for you sir!
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)14. It should be called the "He who shall not be named" particle.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)15. NPR claims it was originally called the 'goddamn' particle because it was so hard to find.
Editor cleaned that up a bit.
Skeptical.
glinda
(14,807 posts)16. Propaganda. Intentional "pre-naming" to prepare for controlling argument most
likely by a conservative. I hate it also.