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Why is this reasoning unsound? The fact that, after centuries of theoretical and experimental physics, we have yet to see stables neutrons in any configuration

Why is this reasoning unsound? The fact that, after centuries of theoretical and experimental physics, we have yet to see stables neutrons in any configuration other than with protons in an atomic nucleus? We know pretty accurately the decay rates of single neutrons and now we know that all the way up to a tetraneutron that the particles are unstable on the order of minutes and seconds. What evidence is there that we are wrong?

caf 11y ago
The number of centuries for which we've even known of the neutron's existence is 1, and that's rounding up!
- mikeash 11y ago
  Fun fact: the time from the discovery of the neutron to detonating an atomic bomb was a mere 13 years. From the discovery of nuclear fission it was only 7 years.