The Higgs Boson Walks Into a Church…
In honor of Peter Higgs and Francois Englert being awarded the Nobel Prize in physics 48 years after they predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson, here’s all I have to say on the matter: To see the joke in action/context, here’s a stand up routine of mine that’s been online since 2009.
By Brian Malow
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American
In honor of Peter Higgs and Francois Englert being awarded the Nobel Prize in physics 48 years after they predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson, here's all I have to say on the matter:
To see the joke in action/context, here's a stand up routine of mine that's been online since 2009. I was performing in a long-running Bay Area science festival called Wonderfest. The Higgs joke appears toward the end:
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EDIT: Strangely, the embedded version is only 10 minutes long - and the full set is 17. To see the Higgs joke, watch the whole set at Fora.TV.
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