I've just seen "Angels and Demons" recently at the cinema (recently meaning a month or so ago and well, I admit I've also read the book a few years ago) and, apart from the amazing images of Rome (when will I be able to afford going places just because I want to?!), one thing stayed in my mind: the possibility of discovering the so-called "God" particle, and therefore understanding how the Universe was created. And now, to diverge a little bit and go into a pretty controversial subject, I have to mention that I for one believe in the Creationism and the Theory of Evolution in the same time, and although I can understand why some would see them as opposing claims on the creation of the living world, unless you are stubborn to believe both of them to the letter, you would see that they CAN live together, that they don't necessarily clash. So science and religion, I don't think they should be at war with each other, although I find it odd when people try to spread their religious beliefs through the Internet...
Anyway, coming back to the "God" particle, I remember sometime last year people got completely scared that we'd end up being sucked by a black hole and die because of the experiments that were being conducted with the Large Hadron Collider, trying to recreate the Big Bang. Well, nothing happened (or rather the LHC broke down), but I was wondering, if they were to discover how the Earth was formed, to prove that the whole Big Bang Theory holds, what sort of big bang would that have on out world, and how would extremely religious people react to it? And, anyway, what would it really prove? Since everyone's working towards finding it, and since the theory behind its existence is believed accurate by the science community, we'll probably find out soon...
To read more about the "God" particle, you can use these links:
National Geographic, Wired and Wikipedia. There's also a lab in the States "racing" to find this infamous particle. You can also check this cartoon out! Also, you might want to check out Angels and Demons (if not for the science or story in it, at least for the BEAUTIFUL images of ROME).
Anyway, coming back to the "God" particle, I remember sometime last year people got completely scared that we'd end up being sucked by a black hole and die because of the experiments that were being conducted with the Large Hadron Collider, trying to recreate the Big Bang. Well, nothing happened (or rather the LHC broke down), but I was wondering, if they were to discover how the Earth was formed, to prove that the whole Big Bang Theory holds, what sort of big bang would that have on out world, and how would extremely religious people react to it? And, anyway, what would it really prove? Since everyone's working towards finding it, and since the theory behind its existence is believed accurate by the science community, we'll probably find out soon...
To read more about the "God" particle, you can use these links:
National Geographic, Wired and Wikipedia. There's also a lab in the States "racing" to find this infamous particle. You can also check this cartoon out! Also, you might want to check out Angels and Demons (if not for the science or story in it, at least for the BEAUTIFUL images of ROME).
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