The Higgs Boson
Abby has spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the heck a Higgs Boson is. Last month, scientists thought they had found it. Then just last week, they decided that maybe it doesn’t exist after all. This is supposedly the particle that gave mass and energy to matter right after the big bang. What does that mean?? Wasn’t the big bang in itself a huge burst of energy and mass? And what did the big bang come from? And if the big bang began the universe, and the universe is a discernable entity, albeit an expanding one, what is outside the universe? And how do we know there was only one big bang? And why couldn’t there be multiple universes? There is a fun video on the Fermilab site about the Higgs Boson. A scientist is talking about a fish in water. Huh? Since Abby is not a physicist, she is spectacularly clueless. Are there physicists out there who can speak simple English and really explain this? And is there a psychologist out there who can explain why Abby is getting her socks in a stew about this instead of watching tv like a normal person??
Posted by agingboomerchick at 9/6/2011 10:21 PM 
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Abby, you go girl. This Higgs Boson is/was known as the God particle. If there is no Higgs, where does that leave God? Of course if Higgs reappears, then we can all have a new holiday: Higgs/God Back From Hiding Day. If there is really is no God particle, let's keep it a secret, because I don't want to add myself to the jobless statistics.
The Rev. Dr. Griggs
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I'll tell you why Abby is thinking about this instead of watching TV--it's because she is the AGING Boomer Chick. DUH!! While The Queen loves to shower the Aging Boomer Chick with sarcasm, she is delighted that we are entering another phase in our lives--one of reflection and thought about the world around us! How much fun is that??
Ta Ta!!
The Queen
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