stackyFACTSBefore the Higgs mechanism was understood, physicists were incredibly annoyed that things weighed anything at all.
Before the Higgs mechanism was understood, physicists were incredibly annoyed that things weighed anything at all. The Higgs boson proves the existence of an invisible energetic molasses spread across the entire universe. As basic particles attempt to travel through this field, they get bogged down and sluggish, which we physically perceive as mass. If the field turned off, every atom would instantly disintegrate at light speed.
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