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Higgs boson as God particle - it is a nice metaphor considering that the Higgs field plays the same role as the idea of God - a phenomenological theory to fill
by VladRussian 15y ago
Higgs boson as God particle - it is a nice metaphor considering that the Higgs field plays the same role as the idea of God - a phenomenological theory to fill the gap in our understanding of Nature.
I don't see how Higgs explains (or in any way addresses ) the gravitational and inertial mass equivalence - the elephant in the room. Any mass theory that doesn't notice it is just a non-starter.
What we do know - gravitational waves exists (and thus gravitron - the quantum wave packet). The inertial mass in such approach arises naturally just as manifestation of gravitational mass. What we don't know here is the exact machinery how gravitational force interacts with matter.
Higgs boson doesn't helps here. It doesn't shed any light on the details of gravitational interactions, and its explanation of mass must be compatible with what we know while it doesn't seem to even start to address it.