[jophj]

it was in fact called the "Goddamn Particle" originally, referring to how difficult it was to detect it. The name was changed later to "God Particle" for publishing reasons.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/God_particle

[bbor]

The line between whimsy and intellectual negligence seems blurry, in this case… how many people have been tricked by bad-faith gurus using this?

Thanks for sharing, TIL and it’s fascinating.