'God' in the 'God Particle'

Ever since the discovery or the potential discovery of the Higgs boson or God Particle, the subject has become viral in media, especially for our TV channels. The anchors (although exasperating) would like to link it to the evolution of the universe and further extrapolate to absence or existence of...

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Published in:Current science (Bangalore) 2012-11, Vol.103 (10), p.1137-1137
Main Author: Padmanaban, G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anchors
Artists
Channels
Confining
Consciousness
CORRESPONDENCE
Higgs bosons
Intelligent design
Lectures
Soul
Television
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Summary:Ever since the discovery or the potential discovery of the Higgs boson or God Particle, the subject has become viral in media, especially for our TV channels. The anchors (although exasperating) would like to link it to the evolution of the universe and further extrapolate to absence or existence of God, science versus religion, etc. and there are mostly studio artists (experts), who could comment on any subject on earth! In my simplistic understanding, it seems to be an important discovery in terms of a particle that provides mass and energy to the other sub-atomic particles on contact, thus answering the question of how these particles would have acquired mass. But, I am sure that the discovery of Higgs boson particle would not have attracted so much attention, had not 'God' been associated with it! I am a practising scientist, biologist, in the profession for over 50 years and till a few years ago, I was giving talks on subjects in the realm of genes and consciousness. I have been intensely introspecting over the years on the scope of science to explain consciousness and the net result is that I stopped giving such lectures, now confining to mundane topics such as malaria and biotechnology!.
ISSN:0011-3891