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		alasdair_ on March 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A 9-line summary of textbook physics “ bosons, quarks and leptons – with their charges and properties make up everything.” The empty space between the bosons, quarks and leptons is not made up of any of these particles, yet the space ‘exists’ - without it, everything in the universe would just be a big clump.

PrettyPebble on March 20, 2022 [–]

In general relativity, space is not a thing.

alasdair_ on March 29, 2022 | [–]

I meant to thank you for this comment earlier - it’s led to a whole bunch of interesting stuff I did not know.

PrettyPebble on April 9, 2022 | | [–]

The 9 line summary is now also available as a preprint: https://www.motionmountain.net/9lines.pdf

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