Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:14:05 -0800 (PST) From: Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com> Subject: [WSFA] Re: The Higgs boson: What has God got to do with it? To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> - On Tue, 12/13/11, mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > >> "We don't call it the 'God particle', >> it's just the media that do that," >> a senior U.S. scientist politely >> told an interviewer on a major >> European radio station on Tuesday. > Is it just me, or do I hear > Tina Turner singing this, > "What's God Got to Do With It?" As I understand it after a quick use of Google, the Higgs-Boson particle is theoretically the first particle to come into existence at the beginning of the universe. Religious types apparently think that has to be a god. What surprises me is that the construct is being used in Europe. I still cling to my illusion that there are a few more sensible people over there. =Tamar