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05/07/2011 01:28 p.m.

unfinished:

On a sunny morning, he founds the Higgs Boson.
It was snuggled up under his pillow as if waiting.
Things, for him, in this bed, had been colliding
recently and then one day just BAM: the most
important theoretical particle was there, fetal
and new but old old old.

His presented his monumental findings to the
community at once, but the reaction was not
as hoped. There was at first some uncomfort-
able shuffling and then some polite murmurs,
but he knew how they felt: the Higgs Boson was
never really meant to be found.

The disappointment was paramount. There were
secretive tears and behind-the-back expletives.
Thousands of people lost their jobs, their entire
existence previously having been dedicated to this
quest. The imperceptible giants that were the
super-colliders fell into disrepair.

Furrowed into a global depression, the academic
minds all got together and made a decision: as far
as they were concerned, it was better to have
satisfying questions than subtractive answers.
Everyone agreed.