Thursday, February 28, 2008
The God Particle
This was quite an interesting article! I had never heard of a Higgs particle, and here they are building a giant, underground, particle smasher to find it! I've always found this area of science to be incredibly bizarre. It seems like these scientists are sitting around seeing what they can make us believe. (sort of, man 1: "Let's say that the entire universe was created in an instant from something infinatly small and dense!" man 2: "No way, they'd never buy it." man 1: "wanna bet?" man 2: " sure, 2o bucks says that you get booed off the stage!" man 1: "you're on!") anyway, the Higgs particle was pretty wild. I finally came to the conclusion that it was like the matrix, or, as the article suggested, like the "force", and that it controls the other particles. I have no reason to doubt the existence of the God particle. I know very little about it, and it seems plausible compared to other theories. (either the universe was created by an ominipotent being or it just appeared from this little pellet) As for whether or not we should learn about this in class, I think that it would be fun to spend a day or two on, maybe at the end of a tri or before break. However, I don't think it should be integrated into the curriculum until Mr. V can answer 90% of our questions about it. Otherwise we would be confused, and there would be no one to explain it to us. I know that we are never certain in science, but there are simply too many unknowns at this point. I recignized a few things in the article, but they were pretty basic. (protons, neutrons, electrons, ect) I have heard of quarks before, but didn't really know anything about them. My question is whether or not humans will be able to understand the atom. Maybe it's too complex for our brains, or maybe it goes on forever! How strange would that be? We would just keep finding smaller and smaller particles....As for the money factor, I think that money should be spent on immediate needs/ science that has a direct impact on humanity. (ie roads, bridges, food, Global Warming research) It would be cool to understand the atom, but most of our money should go into preserving and bettering the lives of those living today.
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I admire your many analogies for your belief in the god particle... but another thought is: is the god particle really the bare bones of it?
Or is this "master" particle actually made up of EVEN smaller, more elementary, things?
Not to mention string theory, which says that EVERYTHING is made up of little bands of energy that are 100 thousand billion times smaller than an atom. While there is no way to truly test this, it could be true. If it is true, then that would suggest the existence of constantly smaller and smaller particles, until we get to the point where it's simply impossible to even used models of the existence of these things.
I liked your phrases and your "scientist conversation!" I also agree with you, our money should be spent wisely.
mmm, this god particle might not be the the thing we are looking for. Maybe theres stuff even smaller or more radioactive inside the atom. Maybe things get infinitely small. We may never find what we are looking for. But it would be cool if we find something new. good post.
I also think that our money could be spent more wisely than on the "God paricle", I mean how many people or studies could we use that money on that would be way more beneficial. (Did you understand that, because I'm not exactly sure what I just said :)
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