tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post678215047640713993..comments2023-11-02T06:28:23.104-07:00Comments on ... and now for something completely different.: The Higgs Boson, AKA the God Particle, Explained with Animationdbackdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700991588554336491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post-58234649744532042522012-07-21T10:58:20.327-07:002012-07-21T10:58:20.327-07:00It's hard to wrap our heads around the notion ...It's hard to wrap our heads around the notion that what is firmly known now was once as barely-comprehensible--or simply INcomprehensible to most of us--as this stuff is now. I just can't conceive that this will all make perfect sense one day.<br /><br />And maybe it won't. Relativity is very well understood and much-verified by the scientific community, but the general public hasn't the first clue (come to think of it, we're collectively clueless about most science).<br /><br />Makes you wonder how society will advance when the leading edge is so far beyond the normal person's grasp.wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post-15469972763531956762012-07-21T00:36:15.581-07:002012-07-21T00:36:15.581-07:00Yes, thank goodness that someone has the capacity ...Yes, thank goodness that someone has the capacity to understand it and that at least some governments have the foresight to fund it. I really think that it is in this realm that most of the "next big things" will be. Meaning ... much faster space travel, clean energy, a better understanding of our universe, etc.dbackdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700991588554336491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post-71846395676797153622012-07-20T15:54:01.109-07:002012-07-20T15:54:01.109-07:00It's probably as close as I'll ever get to...It's probably as close as I'll ever get to understanding this business. Partly, it's because I think the whole realm is really outside the grasp of a human mind: we're primates evolved to deal with middle temperatures, short distances, small numbers as the stuff of survival. THIS goes way beyond that, into the counter-intuitive.<br /><br />All credit to our species--or a small segment of it--that can pursue something like this for which the payoff is distant and uncertain. Fascinating.wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.com