I have very briefly heard about something called the "God Particle? I wonder if it relates to the other question I asked about the bridge between the physical and spiritual worlds. Or is it just a fancy name for a type of subatomic particle? What does the average person need to know about this? Or do they? asked 06 Dec '09, 11:23 Jaianniah Barry Allen ♦♦ |
The To date, this particle has not been detected in the lab, largely because we were awaiting more powerful particle accelerators to generate the necessary energies required to create the particle under lab conditions. Now that CERN has completed the Large Hadron collider, it is the hope of scientists that the particle can be studied, if it exists. The name Discovering the particle won't unlock all of the secrets of the universe, nor will it create a mini-black hole that will swallow the earth, as has been reported in the popular press. answered 06 Dec '09, 18:34 Vesuvius |
The "god" particle is the nickname for the higgs-boson. It has nothing to do with spirituality. The higgs-boson could be used to validate some models of the universe because the problem of quantum mechanics is that there is no universal model to validate gravity. The higgs-boson would be used to prove that gravity exists on a quantum level (by proving that particles have mass). Common sense tells us it does, but in computation models, its hard to prove gravity exists and how weak it is compared to the other 3 quantum forces (weak nuclear, strong nuclear and electromagnetic). The boson essentially gives matter its mass component. The discovery of the particle is essential to validate if quantum string theory holds any weight or is just pseudoscience. answered 07 Dec '09, 06:19 Andrew Keith |
i acknowledge @ru bris for his post and citation: "The preliminary results with the full 2012 data set are magnificent and to me it is clear that we are dealing with a Higgs boson, though we still have a long way to go to know what kind of Higgs boson it is." The particle's existence helps confirm the theory that objects gain their size and shape when particles interact in an energy field with a key particle, the Higgs boson. The more they attract, so the theory goes, the bigger their mass will be. IMHO, the results are still to be finalized and submitted for peer review to establish its scientific validity. how will this affect the metaphysical beliefs and associated practices that seek to relate consciousness, intelligence, or mystical world-views to the ideas of quantum mechanics and its interpretations? IMNSHO, the standard model promotes the belief that the universe is a system that is closed, deterministic, mechanistic and probabilistic. links: answered 18 Mar '13, 23:16 don 1
yes @don interesting ... the very fact that this is named "the god particle" and enters into the domain of science, disturbs the idea that some people have of god, thus spirituality is affected, proof being that @Jai is asking this question ... for some, god is an inaccessible spiritual being way beyond our understanding
(19 Mar '13, 06:02)
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