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> - Higgs was the goddamned particle, which was censored to 'god'. In any case it was just a joke The article is not about that at all, but how the physics and
by geon 14y ago
> - Higgs was the goddamned particle, which was censored to 'god'. In any case it was just a joke
The article is not about that at all, but how the physics and mathematics surrounding it is so abstract that no one but a theoretical physicist can at all have any meaningful understanding of it.
For anyone else it's just a matter of faith.
Personally, I think there is a big difference between a myth passed down as tradition for thousands of years, and a discovery peer reviewed in the scientific community.
- naich 14y agoQuite. It's not faith. It's not even close. It's the temporary granting of a small amount of trust that the theoretical physicist hasn't cocked up somewhere.
- rbanffy 14y ago> For anyone else it's just a matter of faith. Not really. Faith is what you have on things that cannot be proved. Like someone else pointed out, it's like saying believing in the existence of Moscow is a matter of faith for everyone who was never there. And, even for those who think they've been to Moscow, how can they be sure it was not other city cleverly disguised as Moscow?