Imagination is Way More Important than Knowledge

Peter Higgs is a theoretical physicist who imagined, back in the 60s, the existence of a sub-atomic particle at the center of our existence (aka, the God Particle).  Over 50 years later, experimental physicists confirmed the existence of that particle.

Even the most powerful microscopes cannot show this sub-atomic matter.  The only way to confirm the existence of sub-atomic particles is by colliding electrons and capturing the aftermath of that destruction. (Shown in the picture below)

What I found so incredible about this “experiment” was the scope... Biblically Huge!

CERN built a $10 billion machine that smashes electrons into one another at almost the speed of light, and employed about 4000 scientists to work on this project.

After the collision, a massive amount of data had to be analyzed!  A year and a half later, on July 4^th, 2012, in the presence of Peter Higgs, CERN presented their findings.  In December 2013, Peter Higgs won the Nobel Peace Prize in Physics. 

It just makes me swell with emotion to think about the magnitude of conviction, dedication, money and resources, purely in the name of scientific curiosity, to pull this off, and validate one of the most significant and profound theories of our time.