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GalacticaActual · 4527 days ago · link · · parent · post: Still Confused About the Higgs Boson? Read This.
- Miller compared the Higgs field to a crowd of political party workers spread evenly through a room. An anonymous person could move through the crowd unhindered. However, then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher would attract a lot of attention: Party workers would clump around her, slowing her down, giving her metaphorical "mass."
Answer: "Thatcher, angered after being ousted by Chancellor John Major, roars through the crowd with fists flying and elbows swinging. A right hook connects with a party pundit next to her and dislodges an incisor. As it tumbles through the air toward the floor, a keen-eyed photographer snaps a photograph of the tooth before it disappears underfoot, never to be seen again." Question: "What is a Higgs Boson?"