The god particle thing: Maybe I was being too subtle.

A few days ago, I saw an AP article linked on yahoo's main page that said "proof of 'god particle found." The so-called "god particle" is a profoundly subliterate name given by some journalists to something called the Higgs boson. In the 10th - 12th paragraphs of AP's superficial story, we learn the following:

Though an impenetrable concept to many, the Higgs boson has until now been just that —