(July 5, 2012 at 4:54 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I hate it when scientists use layperson's ambiguous language to communicate a finding.
"god" in the "god particle" is merely a metaphor, barring the real frustration of the scientist who said "goddamned particle", in trying to find it, which the media and theist took off with. But the people who do use it in the science community are really talking about a ceiling they have just breached. Now that we have evidence of the HB particle, scientists are most certainly going to try to look for something even smaller. Then that particle will be dubbed the new "god particle,"
So to all the scientific community, please don't feed the fundies. Come up with distinct terminology that cannot be confused with myth, because the masses WILL run with it.
Yeah, they'll say things like (this is a direct copy and paste from my FB page), "~~~does this mean scientists finally believe that theres a Higher Power/God/Creator"
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
