Alleged LHC Memo Hints Scientists Have Found the Elusive Higgs Boson
Did scientists running the massive Large Hadron Collider finally discover what Einstein eloquently hypothesized was the "mind of God" for the last 30 years of his life? Possibly, yes, if a memo leaked this week turns out to be legitimate.
The memo, which it should definitely be noted has not been properly vetted or undergone peer review, details the discovery of the Higgs Boson, aka "God Particle," which could theoretically be the lynchpin in an equally grandiose-sounding "Theory of Everything." In the most basic of layman's terms, the Higgs is theoretically responsible for giving all particles in the Universe mass.
But—and this is the really important part—did they really find it this time? Unclear. Please shake and consult again at a later date. Basically, this was a leaked memo, not a peer reviewed scientific paper, and there are any number of reasons a document of this magnitude would be disseminated in such a fashion. Not all of them are good.
