How Being Too Competitive Too Early Can Hurt You

I know nothing about physics. My science journey ended in high school after a generous B minus in Chemistry my junior year.

But I was fascinated last week to read the story of Nobel Prize winning physicist, Peter Higgs.

Nearly five decades ago, a young Peter Higgs theorized that there was a particle that acts as the building blocks of the universe. He believed that a subatomic particle must exist that made matter clump together to form everything around us today.

His theory hinged on the existence of a so-called “God Particle” and while his ideas were good, they couldn’t be proven. Until now.

In July of this year, with the 84-year-old Higgs sitting in the lecture hall, the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced that Higgs’ theory as a young man in Edinburgh, Scotland, was indeed true. He had been right all along.

The resulting emotion from the very stoic British physicist is pretty cool. He’s clearly moved to tears upon hearing that his theory has been proved while he receives praise from the scientists around him. Here’s the quick video:

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