[Cicero]

Well, it’s real science, and very interesting. Too bad they have to throw in this “God particle” nonsense, which just diverts attention from what is actually going on here.

[NormsRevenge]

Some neat gadgets too..

2-26-01
How does the Higgs boson affect string theory?
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how-does-the-higgs-boson&topicID=13

[dayglored]

> Well, it’s real science, and very interesting. Too bad they have to throw in this “God particle” nonsense, which just diverts attention from what is actually going on here.

Worse, it misdirects the reader into thinking that Physics is the search for God. It's not that at all.

Physics is the study of God's Creation, a worthy endeavor to model and explain the Universe and its Laws, in terms that we mere mortals can comprehend and use to the enlightenment of mankind.

At least, that's why -I- undertook the study of Physics in college.

Personally, I'd find it exceeding odd (and delightful) if God turned out to be a subatomic particle. But I doubt it, since presumably the Higgs does not predate the Big Bang, that indescribably awesome Original Act of God.

The above is to be understood as my personal beliefs; YMMV.