Forlorn.of.thee (fa'lo:n ŭv thē), p, my only strength and stay,forlorn of thee, whither shall I betake me, where subsist?
Paradise Lost by John Milton
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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Fame and the God Particle


Picture this, three sub-atomic particles walking down the street, Nicole, George and Werther. No mass, no fame.

Suddenly a pack of paparazzi appear, and surround Nicole and George, slowing them down, bunching them together.

The paparazzi form a (Higgs) field round George and Nicole. Roughs them up a little. Nicole and George, they find themselves suddenly famous (and mass-ful). The pair are no longer sub-atomic, but become atomic! They have mass!

One of the paparazzi flashes his camera, his tool of trade. This camera is the God (Higgs) Particle, the small tool that can elevate mere-sub-atomics to the god-like-atomic level in a field of paparazzi.

Makes sense?

Meanwhile, Werther continues down the road, blissfully unaware... an unknown and mass-less.

10 comments:

Cinderella said...

I don't understand its significance either, but maybe people are closer to understanding God created the world instead of science...

Young Werther said...

What's funny is that we have these "non-believers" giving names like god-particle, dark matter and dark energy... how divine can that be ;)

Karen said...

hardly unknown...and when did you stop attending Mass ? ;)

Young Werther said...

... when we ran out of priests. Rare creatures priests!

sadie said...

Was the Hedron Collider involved? Were there Swiss scientists behind this dark mass round up? Amazing!

Young Werther said...

The Hadron Collider was most definitely involved but then from what I've been reading, "that" particle may not be what it appears. Scientists may have got it wrong...

Jo Dee said...

I'm back:)

Hope that you are having a great weekend, YW:)

Young Werther said...

Hey Jo Dee, good to see you again!

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