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Your Mass is NOT From the Higgs Boson

Veritasium · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Quantum physicsScientific method & science communication

What it is

Veritasium explains that the Higgs boson accounts for only a small fraction of everyday mass. Most of a proton's mass comes from the energy of the gluon field binding its quarks.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a clear explanation of where mass actually comes from.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “it's one of the videos responsible for sparking my interest in physics and cosmology.”

    Explains where mass comes from; sparked physics interest.

    cyberfart, 2017-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Physics Has Demoted Mass”

  2. “A recent attempt by a physicist that makes science education videos to explain how mass exists (through different fields)”

    Explains how mass arises through different fields.

    yincrash, 2015-12 · Recommendation · in “Physicists believe they can create matter from colliding photons”

  3. “This video explains where the mass of a proton comes from”

    Explains where a proton's mass comes from.

    vecter, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant structures (2019)”

  4. “This video might help understand where mass comes from”

    Explains mass as binding energy rather than Higgs.

    zackmorris, 2023-06 · Recommendation · in “Monster gravitational waves spotted for first time”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: higgs boson, quarks, gluons, proton mass, particle physics

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