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How long can that definition of a force have existed? 60 years? "Carriers" (carrying particles if I understand you correctly) only makes sense in the context of
by DangitBobby 6y ago
How long can that definition of a force have existed? 60 years? "Carriers" (carrying particles if I understand you correctly) only makes sense in the context of the standard model. It rubs me the wrong way when a field co-opts layperson definitions of something and redefines them to be something incompatible with the original definition, but I can understand that maybe physicists are not interested in helping people maintain what little physical intuition can be gleaned from the world around them.
But I digress, are gravitons not a carrier of gravity?
- forgotpwd16 6y agoThere're no gravitons in the standard model and every attempt to introduce them has failed. That's the problem. Our current theoretical framework describes all fundamental forces but gravity.