Hurray! Finally, the Higgs boson has revealed itself! This new energy quantum, indirectly observed but consistent with the theoretical predictions… this missing link (where did I hear that before?), this great leap forward (!) for science.
But this new phenomenon - hardly worth being called a thing – this new quantum then, more energy than particle in fact, was it really ‘un’covered as Heidegger would say? Was it there or did we see it because we wanted to see it, the latest figment of the human scientific mind?
What will be next on the theoretician’s whiteboard, I wonder. It must be like facing the black hole. At least now I am assured that the universe won’t fall apart. At this eve of Halloween, knowing this is somewhat comforting.
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