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# Best Higgs Boson Misunderstandings in Tweet Form
- URL: https://ivn.us/popular-higgs-boson-misunderstandings-in-tweets/
- Published: 2012-07-08T15:00:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:27:11.000Z
- Author: Lauren Moore
- Tags: News

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This week physicists in Geneva "found" the Higgs Boson particle, or better known as the “God Particle". This elusive and powerful particle has been a prized potential discovery since the 1960s and will explain how mass is attributed. This is a huge deal for scientists but how much does the lay person truly know about the Higgs Boson? Not much. Here’s a sampling of 5 tweets that will make you scratch your head and think, what?

> [June 28, 2012](https://twitter.com/GinnyMcQueen/status/218459355182407681?ref=ivn.us)

> [#athiest](https://twitter.com/search/%2523athiest?ref=ivn.us)[July 2, 2012](https://twitter.com/planet%5Fof%5Fbutts/status/219814185809354753?ref=ivn.us)

> [#atheists](https://twitter.com/search/%2523atheists?ref=ivn.us)[#tcot](https://twitter.com/search/%2523tcot?ref=ivn.us)[July 6, 2012](https://twitter.com/JeffreyATW/status/221065576167112704?ref=ivn.us)

> [July 5, 2012](https://twitter.com/pranavsapra/status/220735819697225729?ref=ivn.us)

> [#HappyID4](https://twitter.com/search/%2523HappyID4?ref=ivn.us)[July 4, 2012](https://twitter.com/MCWarburton/status/220636959792570370?ref=ivn.us)

And here are two decently helpful tweets for those still confused about the fascinating particle:

> [July 4, 2012](https://twitter.com/johanknorberg/status/220417773933821953?ref=ivn.us)

> [#Higgs](https://twitter.com/search/%2523Higgs?ref=ivn.us)[ctx.ly/r/4dfvy](http://t.co/8qrmg2ev?ref=ivn.us)[#godparticle](https://twitter.com/search/%2523godparticle?ref=ivn.us)[#standardmodel](https://twitter.com/search/%2523standardmodel?ref=ivn.us)[July 6, 2012](https://twitter.com/SPACEdotcom/status/221243459640639490?ref=ivn.us)