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Lederman wanted to call it "the goddamn particle," but the publisher wouldn't let him. Dreaded Anomaly Send a noteboard - 15/06/2010 06:26:56 AM
i once pointed out to a guy i was in school with about how every time particle physicists can't quite explain something, they decide it must be done by an as-yet-to-be-discovered particle. he said there have been a few of those that were right so the theory must be working but i always found it to be kind of a cop-out. yeah, the math describes *something* but i can't believe that every damn thing has to have a particle (or multiple particles) attached to it. meh, if they find all 5 particles i'll be supremely impressed with them. but i'm sure they'll get close to finding one or two then decide that there are a few more particles that describe the particles they haven't found yet :rolleyes:

It worked the first couple times, so it became a panacea. If the detectors aren't finding it, we need a bigger detector; it doesn't prove the thing doesn't exist, because you can't prove a negative. But we know it's there because the theory requires it; you just have to have fai--oh crap, this may not be science any more.... :P

You have to admit, the "God particle" is aptly named. ;)
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US experiment hints at 'multiple God particles' everynametaken - 15/06/2010 04:04:14 AM 812 Views
Gher - 15/06/2010 04:11:11 AM 424 Views
I minored in modern physics, which means, I have enough knowledge to be..... trzaska2000 - 15/06/2010 04:45:35 AM 407 Views
this has always bothered me about particle physicists.... moondog - 15/06/2010 05:32:26 AM 439 Views
Down with particle-of-the-gaps thinking! Ghavrel - 15/06/2010 05:38:20 AM 431 Views
Yeah, always been my problem, too. Joel - 15/06/2010 05:44:30 AM 376 Views
Lederman wanted to call it "the goddamn particle," but the publisher wouldn't let him. Dreaded Anomaly - 15/06/2010 06:26:56 AM 399 Views
Well, we've been pretty bad at name stuff Isaac - 15/06/2010 08:52:09 AM 409 Views
"Giant radiating dyke swarms"?!!! Joel - 15/06/2010 05:57:11 PM 401 Views
Oh, yes, and it's often accompanied by Dickite Isaac - 15/06/2010 06:18:35 PM 390 Views
When giant radiating dike swarms get hot they produce dickite? Joel - 16/06/2010 12:35:53 AM 421 Views
This I can believe. Joel - 15/06/2010 06:02:37 PM 342 Views
It's more than a few right answers. Dreaded Anomaly - 15/06/2010 06:26:35 AM 517 Views
did you go to school in wisconsin? cause you sound just like that guy moondog - 15/06/2010 07:07:49 AM 383 Views
Yet, when determining the measure for what a planet is, Pluto vanished from the list! Birdeye - 15/06/2010 07:14:28 AM 414 Views
right, but it's still out there in the same orbit with the same momentum and positioning moondog - 15/06/2010 08:45:43 AM 511 Views
It had to lose its status or you'd have to memorize several more planets Isaac - 15/06/2010 08:57:20 AM 428 Views
y'all are screwing up my "uncertainty principle" joke dammit! *NM* moondog - 15/06/2010 09:19:11 AM 170 Views
Sorry Totally missed it *NM* Isaac - 15/06/2010 09:45:23 AM 219 Views
I was disappointed they didn't make all the dwarf planets into planet planets. Darth_Katie - 16/06/2010 01:00:51 PM 425 Views
As a physicist... Dreaded Anomaly - 15/06/2010 06:13:01 AM 522 Views
Cool. Darth_Katie - 16/06/2010 01:01:34 PM 437 Views
I feel ya! *NM* everynametaken - 17/06/2010 12:18:30 AM 240 Views
As a physicist, I find this quite interesting. jiggy - 16/06/2010 09:08:15 PM 519 Views
Not quite. Dreaded Anomaly - 16/06/2010 09:57:18 PM 502 Views
Re: Not quite. jiggy - 16/06/2010 10:22:14 PM 518 Views
Nerds! everynametaken - 17/06/2010 12:19:57 AM 343 Views
Re: Not quite. Dreaded Anomaly - 17/06/2010 12:45:06 AM 569 Views
Re: Not quite. jiggy - 17/06/2010 08:23:10 AM 500 Views
Eight minus three is five Floffe - 17/06/2010 09:19:46 AM 348 Views
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