Video Pop Quiz: Do Hipsters in Brooklyn Know What the ‘God Particle’ Is? Their Answers Will Have You Laughing
- Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:11pm by
Liz Klimas
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Do you know what the Higgs boson is? Does it jog your memory if we identify it as the “God particle”?
There was what the scientific community would consider a rather important announcement regarding the theoretical particle this week, so it might be a safe assumption that many people have at least heard the term “Higgs boson,” right?
The website Motherboard wanted to know just how many people could guess what the Higgs boson was in Brooklyn. Its interns took to the streets to film the answers from many people it identifies as “hipsters.”
(Image: YouTube screenshot)
Here are a few of their answers:
- “A building, maybe?”
- “Is that, like, an animal.”
- “Is it a piece of art?”
- “A famous, German entrepreneur.”
- “Some sort of creepy European man that goes around flashing people.”
- “…it might be something cool.”
Watch the “Hipster Pop Quiz” (Content Warning: Some strong language):
Out of all the people interviewed, only two got it right. The best answer: “It’s that little particle they discovered in that hadron collider.” How did this responder know about the particle? “I read the news,” she said.
As the Motherboard puts it “the results are a bit of a bummer,“ but it remains optimistic that ”maybe things will be different by Monay, when the news has reached full Higgs saturation, and everyone around the world will know what it is.”
To help explain the Higgs boson — a subatomic particle that is expected to provide fundamental answers as to how our universe, as we know it, formed — watch this a simple explanation from “Minute Physics”:
(H/T: io9)
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Comments (64)
TexasPeach
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 12:46pmWhat day of the week is “Monay” exactly? Is that right after Sonay and just before Tusday? Just wondering. Thanks Blaze
Report Post »stage9
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 4:29pmIsn’t the LHC a CONTROLLED experiment? Was the LHC created by chance over ions of time?
Of course not.
1) The supercollider took hundreds of man hours to build.
2) It cost over 8 billion dollars to produce.
3) It was built in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and engineers from over 100 countries, as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories.
3) It requires hundreds of computers, and
4) some 2,000 scientists to operate.
And yet after all of this coordination, we’re expected to believe that the first event all happened by random chance?
Talk about blind faith!
Report Post »Hollywood
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:33amI AM what is? Please provide Scriptual reference. I AM that I AM is what He states. It means eternally exists
Report Post »DoctorRon
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 9:59amIf God is real (and I believe it is), there should not be any reason why science cannot discover its existence. God referred to itself as “I am what is” or God is the basis of everything. That is why the force that is holding everything together is called the “God particle.” You may be more comfortable calling it the Universe, the Source, the Force (as in Star Wars) or universal consciousness but the fact is that it exists, it creates and sustains life and it connects everything together. Call it Science or call it Religion. It is real.
Report Post »BIgWheeler
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:52amI agree. Read Genesis chapter 1, there’s nothing in there that goes against evolution.
Report Post »MADASHELLONE
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 7:48amThese FREAKs are the future of this country. Just saying!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:48amSad, isn’t it? My nine year olds know what the Higgs boson is. We had a good laugh at this.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 7:59pmI‘m not too sure it’s Hicks. I mean the people at CERN seem to think it’s Higgs. After all, they are the ones that discovered the thing.
Report Post »http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/science/higgs-en.html
Nervous Investor
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:43pmYup ! That is because it was a Brit Professor Higgs who first theorized that such a particle with TWO (“core elements” if you will) MUST exist …. hence the name : the Higgs Bosun ….. the problem has been to actually identify the little sod …… well now they think that they have actually done it.
Report Post »666Sucks
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 7:43pmYup, and the more I listen to atheists, the better I understand the theory of Soddom & Gamorah!
Report Post »AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:17pmI didn’t know Sodom and Gomorrah was a theory.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:36pmCould be. He spelled them differently so who knows.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:56pm666 is sweet! so metal!! fun stuff to make fun of when you’re a jew… all nonsense to us
Report Post »Anti_Spock
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 12:46amS & D is a hypotesis. In order to become a theory it requires testing.
The bible isn’t based in theory either. It is man’s religious written account covering a spec of human history. It discusses many ideas, a few hypothesis’s, but zero theories.
Report Post »TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 7:25pmThe more we learn about the universe the less relevant God becomes
Report Post »dtbox
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:19pmReally, you mean that the knowledge that at the sub-atomic level electrons can be both waves and particles and can be mathematically many places at once until observed leads you to the conclusion that God is less relevant? Wow, whats it like to be so adle-minded. Good luck junior.
Report Post »Danny-T
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:45pmI will never understand why people see it as such as stretch to reconcile science and God. They barely, if ever, cross over. Even the “controversial” theory of evolution leaves room for God in so-called random chance. Who‘s to say the odds weren’t bent by the Creator to serve His will? (and the part where the things able to evolve, you know, were created. Even if they started as tiny little particles ^.^)
Report Post »GoDiSLoNeLy
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 11:42pm@ dtbox – You’re hilarious. How smart did you feel after posting that, or is it old? Not the same thing, So because you don‘t understand how quantum theory can be as amazing as it is without your idea of what ’god’ should be, you insert your opinion of what ‘god’ should be into every ignorant hole in your knowledge base. If it were not for scientist studying the way the universe works, instead of praying to the heavens, humanity would still be stuck in the dark ages, for better or worse. Every human culture has had aspects of nature they don’t understand, fundamentally fear, who then interpolates some ‘divine’ force as the driving behavior. What makes you think the bible is actually ‘gods’ word? Because the bible said so? By my account, your god loved his creation so much that he keeps trying to kill them off, such disappointing wretches, always thinking for themselves and disobeying all my DIVINE commands. LOL The amazing mysteries of the quantum world are a far brighter star than the ‘miracles’ of Christianities pale and hollow light. Keep praying for rain, Good day Junior.
Report Post »cristo52
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:56pmSimply put, Higgs boson is the stuff that holds things together.
The Higgs boson theory – proposed by British physicist Peter Higgs in the 1960s – suggests the existence of an invisible force field and associated sub-atomic particle that permeates all things, working like glue to give form to stars, planets and even humans.
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:12pmA Higgs boson particle walked into a church. The priest said “get out, we don’t want your kind in here.” The Higgs boson replied “but without me how are you going to have mass?”
Report Post »The God particle is nothing without the Naval particle: the boson’s mate.
What does the God particle (Higgs boson) use to call it’s mate the Naval Particle (boson’s mate)? A boson’s whistle!
Recent conversation with friend via email.
Seadawg
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:57pmWhew…..I’m so glad they added that simple explanation video. That cleared things right up.
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on July 8, 2012 at 1:23amDitto!
Report Post »suffolkva
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:34pmThe comment that caught my attention was the one by the moron that called the girl that actually knew what the Higgs Boson is a nerd. Typical of these people who think that it’s just so uncool to know something that resides outside of their limited little worlds of the gutter. God help us… and I don’t mean a god that is a clever catch phrase for a sub-atomic particle. America didn’t become great because of idiots like these people.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 5:53amYep! They learned all they need to know in kindergarden and from watching MTV, Survivor, and American Idol. hahahahaha
Report Post »jamesctheman
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:16pmSo do they consider the particle to be God? Is that what the scientologists pray to? God made man so why would he waste time building a little tiny replica of himself? Was he bored? LOL
Report Post »dimbulbz
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:41pm<5% Cant be true – I'm an idiot and I knew what it was – well, at least the Higgs "Field" – never heard or read a reference to the "Higgs boson" Does that mean that boson is another word for "subatomic particle"?
"I am so smart – S-M-R-T!"
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:24pmThey can’t tell you what the higgs-boson is or how many menbers of congress there are…but they can name every member of the Jersery shore cast.
America is doomed.
Report Post »mils
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:26pmwow..that’s true…however, i would venture that the vast majority of the world does not know what “ Higgs boson ”is, …seriously. lets get excited over the fact that most of america doesn’t know what is going on in their government..not the “god particle”…it’s exciting, yes..but..not to most people that watch jersey shore,the kordashians, american idol..and that’s a large number of our younger people..
Report Post »Optimist4now
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:22pmAnd you expected………?
Report Post »KyleD
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:47pmI bet all of these kids are atheist and claim science explains everything.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:03pmBut, they themselves know little to nothing about science.
Report Post »AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:23pmif so, they’re just as misinformed as the people who think 3,000 year old stories can explain the universe. the world is full of morons, go figure.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:28pmProbably better answers than Congress could give. Particularly the one’s that would feel a need to elaborate on the “God Particle” reference.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:16pmMs you might be Literal as you claim but your listening skills suck. It’s Higgs not… Hicks
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:25pm“Higgs boson” Mags please tell me you did this on purpose. Or is the context for your report as ridiculous now as it seems.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:26pmOooops Lizzy…
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:14pmWould you get more informed responses from randomly selected North Carolinians hanging around the courthouse square? This is a matter of some urgency, so I expect someone to find out as soon as possible.
Report Post »Kalevipoeg
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:11pmC’mon, I’d be surprised if 10% of the entire population even knew
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:00pmI don’t know what it is…and I don’t really care what it is. Maybe some day I’ll look into it.
Report Post »ScienceIsNotEvil
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:06pmGiven how wrong most posters on the Blaze get evolution and modern biology wrong perhaps it isn’t such a wise move to make fun of others lacking science knowledge?
I mean are we 12?
Report Post »chazmo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:57pmriiiight coming from the ones that claim to be soooo enlightened on science.. hahaha.. fail
oh wait.. you’re talking about the THEORY of evolution and that human life just being a mass of Higgs boson inside that woman.. oh yeah I see what you mean now.. fail again
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:09pm@chazmo No I believe he is referencing the enlightened group who thinks that all life began 10,000 years ago, all at one time. But of course that would make the current distribution, cultures and world population completely impossible. But hey why allow anything get in the way of faith, right?
Report Post »hi
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 5:01pmJrook
Report Post »You can actually calculate mitochondrial DNA’s frequency of mutations and it goes back 10,000 years all coming from one woman,Mitochrondrial Eve. Science and Genesis agree as they always do.
AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:29pm@HI
Report Post »Please cite your sources. I‘ve taken many graduate level courses in both evolution and genetics and what you’re saying makes absolutely no sense. I asked my sister (a biological engineer who specializes in genetic mutations) about what you claim and she also said the same thing – not only does what you’re saying not make sense, it’s completely unfounded by any study anywhere.
I would genuinely find it interesting if what you’re saying is true but without any academic citation to back up your MAJOR claim about genetics, you’re just another person talking out of their @ss.
And when I say citation, mean peer-reviewed, academic citation from a reputable genetics-based publication. Please don’t link me to some religious website you read it on.
AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:46pm@HI
Ok, let me break this down for you. What you’re referring to is an estimate of the most recent MATRILINEAL ancestor to all modern humans. This can be traced back between 100,000 and 200,000 years ago (1). The Y-chromosomal Adam is about half as old as this (2). If you have a elementary understanding of genetic lineage, you know that the most recent COMMON ancestor must have evolved much sooner than this. The most recent common ancestor is the most recent individual from which a specific population is directly descended. For humans, this can be traced back about 15,000 – 3,000 years.
The mitochondrial Adam & Eve are not the same thing as the most recent common ancestor, as you’re implying. In fact, if you actually knew what the “mitochondrial Eve” actually is, you wouldn‘t be critical of evolutionary theory because you’d know that it demonstrates directly the evolutionary history of our species.
Leave it to an athiest to fact check…
Oh, and most importantly:
Report Post »1. Soares P, Ermini L, & Thomson N (2009). Correcting for purifying selection: an improved human mitochondrial molecular clock. American Journal of Human Genetics 84 (6): 740–59.
2. Ciccarelli FD, Doerks T, von Mering C, Creevey CJ, Snel B, Bork P (2006). Toward automatic reconstruction of a highly resolved tree of life. Science 311 (5765): 1283–7.
ScienceIsNotEvil
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 10:30amchazmo,
Scientific Theory: “A scientific theory is ”a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment.”Scientists create scientific theories from hypotheses that have been corroborated through the scientific method, then gather evidence to test their accuracy. As with all forms of scientific knowledge, scientific theories are inductive in nature and do not make apodictic propositions; instead, they aim for predictive and explanatory force.”
Now that you have been told what theory means in a scientific context I am sure that you will not violate your religion in the future by lying about it.
Report Post »gotea
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:01pmYankees aren’t that educated. Dumb ones got off the boat and stopped.
Report Post »dennisS
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:47pmIn Brooklyn you would probably get similar responses if you asked about gravity.
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:44pmhipster will know as soon as John Stewart tells them about it
Report Post »AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:47pmlol no joke
Report Post »frust@ted
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:27pmHiggs is very interesting, but I wouldn’t expect more than 25% of the population to have of heard of it and far less have any understanding of what it is. Unfortunetly our news media spends more time covering the useless than great stories like this one. Garunteed more people now who Casey Anthony is then the Higgs Boson particle is.
Report Post »bobefann
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:36pmAgreed. Our media covers things that ultimately do not matter and people are obsessed with it. Which is why a lot of the American people are so ignorant on issues.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:51pm25% maybe 5%.
Report Post »frust@ted
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:04pmMutiny, It‘s Friday I’m trying to be optimistic. But if this was Card Sharks I would have gone lower.
Report Post »thop1960
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:13pm5%? More like <1%
Report Post »JRook
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 4:10pmYea particularly since it is Hicks, not Higgs.
Report Post »frust@ted
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:53pmjrook, are you sure it’s not Higgs?
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:41pmFirst there was nothing. Then nothing started spinning and exploded into everything. The “God particle” appeared somewhere in there. It’s next to the missing link.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:45pmIt is Higgs, Jrook. Peter Higgs to be correct.
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