Why must we regard this with awe, any more than any other subatomic particle? Or atom, for that matter, or molecule, ir organism, or planet, or freaking galaxy? No reason, in particular. Except that it has been part of a problems that’ve mystified us. Answers make us feel good, at least for a split-second before we move onto the next problem.
But then that’s ascribing qualities to particles—mystery, wonder, awe—which really only have to do with our perception of them. Or, more accurately, their situation within the currently contentious and fund-attracting portion of experimental physics. If not anthropomorphizing, this is dramatizing the particle, or pulling the particle into the drama of human science, in my opinion, so as to rip it from any true or objective meaning.
Given that someone will probably get a Nobel prize out of this, and continued unlimited funding for research is assured, I’m not convinced that I’m buying what they’re selling.
I know...but, where did it COME from??
Timing is EVERYTHING, i think they release all this info about the “God” particle to try to take the wind out of the sails of all the Pope stuff going on ...
So you can fling a proton at another proton and understand the makeup of the universe! Truly amazing!
Wait for it...Obama takes credit for discovery.
I’ll hold my enthusiasm until it’s confirmed a few more times. What we have here is a theory first, then experiments looking for evidence to “prove” the theory. And after multiple failures, they finally find the missing particle. That’s backwards, and something I think even Einstein would agree with.