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Related: About this forumQuit Calling It The God Particle
He's going to get all embarrassed and have to go out and buy a big truck.
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Quit Calling It The God Particle (Original Post)
mindwalker_i
Mar 2013
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pokerfan
(27,677 posts)1. Say it!
unblock
(52,267 posts)4. how apropos -- it was originally called "the goddamn particle"
because it was so goddamn hard to find.
http://www.livescience.com/17489-god-particle-higgs-boson.html
Much of the media coverage of the announcement included the term "God particle," which originated in the title of a 1994 book by Nobel-winning physicist Leon Lederman. The story goes that Lederman originally wanted to name the tome "The Goddamn Particle" because of how difficult it was to detect, but was persuaded by his publisher, Delta, to shorten it.
TheBlackAdder
(28,209 posts)2. It might be the "Son of God Paticle".
When, as technology advances, they discover even smaller particles within.
mindwalker_i
(4,407 posts)3. We'd have to call it
A son of a boson.
Evoman
(8,040 posts)5. A bo-son? Nt
Orsino
(37,428 posts)6. Just no stoning.
Even if I do say "Jehovah."
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)7. Boycott by Westboro Baptist Church
in five, four, three...
rocktivity