GE Stump the Scientist: What would the Higgs particle mean for physics?

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The Higgs boson might be a paradox particle. It would mediate gravity electromagnetically over universal distances - not a factor in the present theoretical model. It would also constitute the "aether" of Greek cosmology, and later theories; e.g., Le Sage's theory of gravitation, et al. It would defy discovery of its cause and just as religion lacks the proof for a foreshortened creation and no evolution ...