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   DenverMosaic said, 11 months ago

   Chuckles.
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   dtroutma said, 11 months ago

   “Higgs boson” just shows, as several have said, “god” isn’t necessary, not that some intelligent entity, or force, definitely non-corporial, and totally without “substance”, or form we can identify with, doesn’t exist. One thing it isn’t, a physical being that demands fealty from any species, and monitors every being and activity, while allowing murder, hate, war, crime, and arrogant species to persecute their own kind (and others), with “forgiveness”, or threats, at the end of the day.
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   braindead08 said, 11 months ago

   SAince when are Republicans interested in science?
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   Radish said, 11 months ago

   It says, “I am the light…”
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   motivemagus said, 11 months ago

   It’s an important scientific discovery — which means, as braindead noted, it is irrelevant to modern Republicans (Eisenhower and Nixon are spinning in their graves) — but forget the “God particle” hoopla.
   Science cannot prove or disprove the existence of God, though arguably can prove whether God is necessary for the creation of the universe as we know it. But if God exists outside the universe — as is the common belief of many — then once again it is irrelevant.
   It is a non-issue. Believe what you want — as long as it doesn’t contradict actual science, please. (That leaves out the creationists, the global warming denialists, etc.)
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   Kylop said, 11 months ago

   I haven’t seen religious outcry over this.
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   lookinside said, 11 months ago

   The human mind is evolving. The Tea Party types are merely throwbacks. Incapable of understanding anything. But trainable for minor tasks. Kind of like lab rats.
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   MortyForTyrant said, 11 months ago

   Oh those were the days, when science could be conducted with a simple microscope and you could actually SHOW other people your discovery. Nowadays one needs a multi-billion dollar particle accelerator and what you get is some “dataset that points to the possibility of the particle being in the assumed energetic range” (or similar uncertainty). Heisenberg has ruined science for all of us!
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   DrCanuck said, 11 months ago

   @

   Tigger said, “…there is no such thing as ‘The God Particle’ I do not believe this for one nanosecond.”

   
   Thank you for that, Tigger, but the Particle does not depend upon your belief for its existence. Neither does climate change or evolution.

   
   Only the gods do.
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    pirate227 said, 11 months ago

    “Go away”, Exactly.
    Let scientists do the science.
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    markjoseph125 said, 11 months ago

    @Radish

    That would be the photon…
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    markjoseph125 said, 11 months ago

    @dtroutma

    Bravo. Wish this comment could be used a response to every ignorant (and they are all ignorant) religious response to the Higgs (and, for that matter, any other real science done by real scientists, with no need for magic or myth). It all goes back to LaPlace: “Sir, I had no need of that hypothesis.”
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    Ketira shena Pretarasedrin said, 11 months ago

    @pirate227

    ; )
    Amen to that!
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    Atma said, 11 months ago

    The dumber the proselytizer, the more anthropomorphized God gets. If you think these scientists are actually meaning that a particle is God, you’re hopelessly misunderstanding the situation. But that’s why the world get parables.
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    kamwick said, 11 months ago

    @braindead08

    That’s easy…only when they think that it supports their view. In this case, they think it may prove the existence of a creator god.

    As usual, they’re wrong. But probably won’t admit it.
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