Poul-Henning Kamp Blogger
Grunden til at den fik det øgenavn er en halvdårlig vits der kommer fra fysikerkredse:
"Higgs is the God-particle -- Without it there would be no Mass"
så det er et selvmål at pressen kalder den sådan...
Ingen Nobelpris til Gudepartiklen
Kære alle danske medier.
(undtagen ing.dk og DR.dk).
Det hedder Higgs-partiklen eller Higgs-bosonen. Ikke Guds Partikel eller Gudepartiklen! Forstå det nu. Videnskabsfolk kan ikke udstå det navn.
I denne artikel kaldet Why scientists hate that you call it the God particle kan man læse følgende citater fra forskellige fysikere:
"We don’t call it the “God particle,” it’s just the media that do that"
"The Higgs is not endowed with any religious meaning. It is ridiculous to call it that"
"Calling it the ’God particle’ is completely inappropriate"
"It’s not doing justice to the Higgs and what we think its role in the universe is. It has nothing to do with God."
"Hearing it called the ’God particle’ makes me angry. It confuses people about what we are trying to do here at CERN."
Dagens prisvinder Peter Higgs har selv udtalt:
"I really, really don't like it. It sends out all the wrong messages. It overstates the case. It makes us look arrogant. It's rubbish."
Emner : Fysik
