"According to the Standard Model, the Higgs boson is the only manifestation of an invisible force field, a cosmic molasses that permeates space and imbues elementary particles with mass. Particles wading through the field gain heft the way a bill going through Congress attracts riders and amendments, becoming ever more ponderous." (my bold italics)
They're all applauding Prof. Higgs who teaches and researches in Scotland.
Please note the physicists "believed in the boson for half a century without ever seeing it." In other words, they had faith in the boson. Also note, "everything interesting, like ourselves, results from flaws or breaks in that symmetry [symmetrical laws of nature are no longer interesting, but the flaws are interesting (?!!)]."
However the article goes on to state that there are still many unanswered questions. No kidding.
Here we have another incredible self-deception -- this is where group think can take a people. See the entry below for May 20, 2010. That was about muons. Where are those muons today. Our ignorance of muons has been replaced by our knowledge (sic) of bosons. Incredible.
May 20, 2010 - The following headline appeared over an article on Yahoo: Why We Exist: Matter Wins Battle Over Antimatter Imagine, they had a collision between "muons" and "anti-muons" in a cyclotron, and found that 1% more muons survive than anti-muons. That's why we exist. Incredible!
May 19, 2010 - Candidate for the U.S. Senate -- a state Attorney General -- says he "misspoke" when he said repeatedly over the years that he had served in combat in Vietnam, when in fact as a reservist, he had never been assigned outside of the USA. He also said he was captain of the Harvard swim team, but he wasn't on the swim team. His defenders say that this doesn't throw his integrity into question. Incredible!
May 18, 2010 - One of my colleagues told me that she is teaching about human rights violations and comparing North Korea with Arizona (re: new immigration law). Makes sense right?! Incredible.
