Higgs Boson

For those of you who haven't heard, the Higgs Boson discovery was announced yesterday by CERN scientists. Stated as simply as possible, the Higgs Boson Particle is the particle that gives all other particles their mass, which is a big deal. The particle was theorized to exist by Mr. Peter Higgs in the 1960's and approximately 50 years later, the elusive particle has been found by science.

The media popularly refers to the Higgs Boson as the "God-particle", which has many people offended. Throughout the past 24 or so hours, I've seen various individuals arguing that science is attempting to disprove god and this kind of research should be "condemned" and so on. Statements like these make me quite sad as the goal of science is not to disprove religion or anything even close, but the goal of science it to understand our world and disproving religion is not even on the list of the problems that scientists have to tackle. If you choose to understand yourself and find meaning in your world through religion, that is your choice and it's just that, a choice. This type of choice cannot be right or wrong, it's just how you choose to live your life. At the same time, I expect the same level of respect from you in that I am allowed to seek enlightenment through science.

Also, the announcement was made in Comic Sans, which makes it awesome.