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God's Particles |
I've thought it wise to try to explain to the 'Grande Lavee' what the meaning of the Higgs-Boson particle is. Well it's complex but one will attempt to explain through analogy.
First of all one needs a Large Hadron Collider. This is represented by a large empty glass.
Then you add your particles. In this case the atomic particles will be represented by a large pouring of gin.
Then you accelerate the 'particle' to a speed close to that of the speed of light. This is represented by a generous helping of tonic.
Then to represent Switzerland you add ice but only if there is room left in the glass.
Once this is done you drink the lot in one go. Do this several times to represent the smashed particles. After about three hours of this one will find that the entire universe has lost it's structure and you will be able to see everything in a different way.
That will be the God particle for you.