Det logiska möter det (o)logiska : en analys av Gudspartikeln
(2020) TLVK10 20202Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
- Abstract
- In 2012 physicist Peter W. Higgins formulated a theory about elementary particles that can be created out of nothing. If these particles are exposed to extremely high speeds, friction arises which forces a new particle to form, a so-called Higgs boson. Based on two elementary particles, you can create a new mass; matter which was not there from the beginning. In the media, the Higgs boson was nicknamed the god particle and its true meaning was distorted. The Higgs boson is the result of many years of research in advanced physics, where the last and most important piece of the puzzle in the standard model in quantum physics was put in place. The Higgs boson is the map that gives rise to everything that exists,
it is thus the origin of... (More) - In 2012 physicist Peter W. Higgins formulated a theory about elementary particles that can be created out of nothing. If these particles are exposed to extremely high speeds, friction arises which forces a new particle to form, a so-called Higgs boson. Based on two elementary particles, you can create a new mass; matter which was not there from the beginning. In the media, the Higgs boson was nicknamed the god particle and its true meaning was distorted. The Higgs boson is the result of many years of research in advanced physics, where the last and most important piece of the puzzle in the standard model in quantum physics was put in place. The Higgs boson is the map that gives rise to everything that exists,
it is thus the origin of quantum physics. The Higgs boson is as important to the physicist as God is to the theologian. They are each other's origin and creation. As a result, the God particle was compared to the Higgs boson and they became opposites of each other. The relationship that was already strained between religion and science became even more strained. The Essay examines how the concept of God particle and elementary particles could have different meanings and consequent within theology depends on how this are used, and how these concepts affect the relationships between religion and science. The misleading analogy between the Higgs boson and the God particle forced people to take a stand on whether they believe in the Divine Creation or the scientific origin of the universe. An outlet that the physicists never intended to cause. However, there are no contradictions in the theory of the Higgs boson and Creation, as they do not answer the same question. The Higgs boson legitimizes the physical calculations of the origin of the mass, for example, "how we are created". While God stands for the theological Creation that answers, "why we are created". The scientific explanatory model of the origin of the universe may exist in parallel with the theological explanatory model of Creation. (Less) - Popular Abstract (Swedish)
- År 2012 formulerade fysikern Peter W. Higgs en teori om elementarpartiklar som kan skapas ur tomma intet. Om dessa partiklar utsätts för extremt höga hastigheter uppstår det friktion som tvingar fram en ny partikel, en så kallad Higgsboson. Utifrån två elementarpartiklar kan man skapa en ny massa, materia, som inte fanns där från början. Higgsbosonsteorin fick inom media och populärkulturen smeknamnet Gudspartikeln och dess egentliga innebörd förvreds mer och mer. Higgsbosonen är ett resultat av många års avancerad fysik, där den sista och viktigaste pusselbiten i standardmodellen inom kvantfysik lades på plats. Higgsbosonen är kartan för hur allt existerande existerar. Higgsbosonen är lika viktigt för fysikern, som Gud är för teologen. De... (More)
- År 2012 formulerade fysikern Peter W. Higgs en teori om elementarpartiklar som kan skapas ur tomma intet. Om dessa partiklar utsätts för extremt höga hastigheter uppstår det friktion som tvingar fram en ny partikel, en så kallad Higgsboson. Utifrån två elementarpartiklar kan man skapa en ny massa, materia, som inte fanns där från början. Higgsbosonsteorin fick inom media och populärkulturen smeknamnet Gudspartikeln och dess egentliga innebörd förvreds mer och mer. Higgsbosonen är ett resultat av många års avancerad fysik, där den sista och viktigaste pusselbiten i standardmodellen inom kvantfysik lades på plats. Higgsbosonen är kartan för hur allt existerande existerar. Higgsbosonen är lika viktigt för fysikern, som Gud är för teologen. De är varandras ursprung och skapelse. Därav jämfördes Gudspartikeln med Higgsbosonen och de blev varandras motsatser. Relationen som redan var ansträngd mellan religion och naturvetenskap blev än mer ansträngd. Uppsatsen undersöker huruvida begreppen Gudspartikeln och ursprungspartiklar kan få olika betydelser och konsekvenser inom teologin beroende på hur dessa används, samt hur dessa begrepp påverkar relationen mellan religion och naturvetenskap. Den missvisande liknelsen mellan Higgsbosonen och Gudspartikeln tvingade människor till att ta ställning till huruvida de tror på den Gudomliga Skapelsen eller den naturvetenskapliga uppkomsten av universum. En motsättning som fysikerna aldrig hade som mening att åsamka. Det finns inga motsättningar i teorin om Higgsbosonen och Skapelsen, då de inte svara på samma fråga. Higgsbosonen legitimerar de fysikaliska beräkningarna av massans uppkomst, alltså ”hur vi skapas”. Medan Gud står för den teologiska Skapelsen som svarar på ”varför vi skapats”. Den naturvetenskapliga förklaringsmodellen av universums uppkomst kan existera parallellt med den teologiska förklaringsmodellen av Skapelsen. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9147094
- author
- Olsson, Emma LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- TLVK10 20202
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- God particle, the Higgs boson, the elementary particle, origin, universe, nothingness. Gudspartikeln, Higgsboson, elementarpartikel, ursprung, universum, ingenting.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9147094
- date added to LUP
- 2024-09-18 14:30:49
- date last changed
- 2024-09-18 14:30:49
@misc{9147094,
abstract = {{In 2012 physicist Peter W. Higgins formulated a theory about elementary particles that can be created out of nothing. If these particles are exposed to extremely high speeds, friction arises which forces a new particle to form, a so-called Higgs boson. Based on two elementary particles, you can create a new mass; matter which was not there from the beginning. In the media, the Higgs boson was nicknamed the god particle and its true meaning was distorted. The Higgs boson is the result of many years of research in advanced physics, where the last and most important piece of the puzzle in the standard model in quantum physics was put in place. The Higgs boson is the map that gives rise to everything that exists,
it is thus the origin of quantum physics. The Higgs boson is as important to the physicist as God is to the theologian. They are each other's origin and creation. As a result, the God particle was compared to the Higgs boson and they became opposites of each other. The relationship that was already strained between religion and science became even more strained. The Essay examines how the concept of God particle and elementary particles could have different meanings and consequent within theology depends on how this are used, and how these concepts affect the relationships between religion and science. The misleading analogy between the Higgs boson and the God particle forced people to take a stand on whether they believe in the Divine Creation or the scientific origin of the universe. An outlet that the physicists never intended to cause. However, there are no contradictions in the theory of the Higgs boson and Creation, as they do not answer the same question. The Higgs boson legitimizes the physical calculations of the origin of the mass, for example, "how we are created". While God stands for the theological Creation that answers, "why we are created". The scientific explanatory model of the origin of the universe may exist in parallel with the theological explanatory model of Creation.}},
author = {{Olsson, Emma}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Det logiska möter det (o)logiska : en analys av Gudspartikeln}},
year = {{2020}},
}