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> Calling it “matter” is already making a huge set of assumptions. Not really. "Matter" is not really a formal term of art, but in practice it usually means "n
by consilient 4y ago
> Calling it “matter” is already making a huge set of assumptions.
Not really. "Matter" is not really a formal term of art, but in practice it usually means "not an elementary boson", or at the strictest "fermionic".
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoAre there any massive elementary bosons that we currently know of?
- magicalhippo 4y agoThe W and Z bosons[1] have mass, a fair bit of it actually. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_and_Z_bosons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_and_Z_bosons