>physicist holds Q&A
>all questions are about aliens, God, and time travel
>>7934721
Thanks pop sci!
>what are they REALLY doing at CERN
>The GOD Particle
>>7934725
Fuck my father does this and it's annoying
>>7934728
Where did that name come from anyway?
>>7934744
Popsci articles when the report first published.
>>7934744
Allegedly, it was the goddamned particle at first and later changed to god because of the offensive language. It was supposed to imply the particle was as illusive as God.
Can't vouch for the veracity but it's the version I know
>>7934721
Well nobody is going to be asking about Lagrangian mechanics...
>>7934738
Same here, but with HAARP
>>7934744
>>7934747
>>7934765
It's the name of the book by Leon Lederman , in his own words:
>This boson is so central to the state of physics today, so crucial to our final understanding of the structure of matter, yet so elusive, that I have given it a nickname: the God Particle. Why God Particle? Two reasons. One, the publisher wouldn't let us call it the Goddamn Particle, though that might be a more appropriate title, given its villainous nature and the expense it is causing. And two, there is a connection, of sorts, to another book, a much older one...