Physicists are racing against time, trying to unlock the Higgs boson or what some call “the God particle”. This particle is believe to bestow mass on other particles. What is so important about unlocking or proving the existence of the Higss boson, it would definitely prove the existence of what physicists call “super symmetry”—the relationship of matter with all the forces of the universe. If it exists, then, all the existing laws of physics about matters and elementary particles are correct. If it does not exists, then, it indicates that there are other forces and particles at work in the universe not yet imagined or “discovered” by mathematics and physics, paving the way for a totally new set of laws.
“The Higgs boson is interesting because it is the only reasonable explanation we have for the origin of mass,” says Dave Rainwater, a researcher at FermiLab. “Without the Higgs, all fundamental particles would be massless, and the universe would be very different. The weak nuclear forces wouldn’t be weak at all, for instance, so the elemental composition of the cosmos would be radically different, stars would shine differently, and we probably wouldn’t exist.”
“Probably would’nt exist” is a heavy word. I don’t know where he got this idea. Being in existence or not is the realm of philosophy, not of physics. Maybe Rainwater is constructing what he calls philosophical physics (there’s actually a theoretical physics which uses mathematical explanations)
I pose a philsophical question—what if the boson does not exist? Does it prove that there is a God? If there is a God, then, these laws which scientists have discovered already proves him. But, what if the boson does’nt exist? Does it mean that God does not exists or there are other laws and forces at work in the universe which men has’nt been able to unlock?
Marx was right—irrationality proves the existence of God. Since man has not been able to explain some laws, they attribute it to God. But the Higgs boson is not a “god” particle. Yes, it bestows mass to other particles. But, does it prove its godhead? No.
Anyway, its interesting to read other stuff about the Higgs boson. I’ll be writing other stuff about the Boson later on.