Summer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Under the Lily Moon<\/p>\n
Here’s an interesting response from friend, former nuclear engineer and former Jesuit, Bill Schmidt:<\/p>\n
Just read your blog entry about Higgs.\u00a0 Thought you might enjoy reading this from Huntington-Post. Be aware that the top of the page says\u00a0Comedy<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0I am especially taken with the wording included in one of the paragraphs about a trail \u2013 perhaps an ancient trail.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ <\/p>\n Here’s something no one in a white coat will say outright, “Of course we didn’t really find anything.” But they didn’t. They can’t. Not according to the very rules of their own game. The Higgs boson and all other subatomic particles are too small to be detected directly. What one finds in a particle hunt is evidence.\u00a0One finds a trail, a trail<\/strong>\u00a0left behind in the microseconds of a particle’s death throes after it is spun out of a somewhat larger particle that collides at incredibly high speeds with yet other particles under circumstances that can only occur in supercolliders, rare cosmic events\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This all makes me think that this may lead to revisiting and re-imagining faith.\u00a0 All too much faith in 17 mile magnetic explorers who choose to accept only what their machines tell them, based on theories they created to persuade others that they really know what makes all of this tick. Not enough faith in our ability to explore what is between the two notions (the word notions is a pointer to abstractions) of a goddamn particle (undiscoverable) and a god particle that is now named Higgs Boson.\u00a0 Perhaps instead of living 500 feet below ground with their magnets, these guys should take a walk in the woods with the likes of Emerson, Wordsworth, Thoreau, and others.\u00a0 They like the happy Anoka gardener allowed their direct experience to tell them a lot about life, the world, and the way it all works.\u00a0 Or the way it is.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n No matter what anyone says, it may all be a great human comedy. Or, tragedy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Blessings,<\/p>\n Bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Under the Lily Moon Here’s an interesting response from friend, former nuclear engineer and former Jesuit, Bill Schmidt: Just read your blog entry about Higgs.\u00a0 Thought you might enjoy reading this … Continue reading A Friend’s Response to the “Observation” of the Higgs<\/span>