I am so sick of the Higgs Boson being called the "god particle".

[Odin2005]

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Yup!

Me, too.

[pokerfan]

2. "the publisher wouldn't let us call it the Goddamn Particle"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson#.22The_God_particle.22

[dimbear]

3. People have been looking for it fruitlessly forever.

Likely to continue to do so.

Kind of fits.

[Curmudgeoness]

4. It does sound ridiculous, doesn't it?

I reserve judgment....if they can find "proof" that there is a god, I will reconsider my stand on this. But I don't think that this, even if it does exist, will prove there is a god.

[Gore1FL]

5. I know why they call it that.

Without the Higgs Boson the Pope wouldn't have mass.

[Betsy Ross]

6. oooooooooooh. n/t

[BlueJazz]

7. LOL!...alright, No soup for you!

[Odin2005]

8. LOL!

[sakabatou]

9. Bah dum tss

[trotsky]

10. Nice!

LOL

[ohgeewhiz]

11. You were watching the Maddow show, I bet!

Ezra Klein just told that joke last night.

[Gore1FL]

12. I missed it

I made that joke when the LHC was in the News last December.

[tkmorris]

13. That is DUzy material right there

I literally gasped when I read that, then had to explain to my wife what made it funny. One internet for you sir!

[HopeHoops]

14. It should be called the "He who shall not be named" particle.

[dimbear]

15. NPR claims it was originally called the 'goddamn' particle because it was so hard to find.

Editor cleaned that up a bit.

Skeptical.

[glinda]

16. Propaganda. Intentional "pre-naming" to prepare for controlling argument most

likely by a conservative. I hate it also.