From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 10:46:18 -0800, Bobbie Sellers   
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   >On 1/7/26 09:47, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >> On 6 Jan 2026 17:56:36 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:   
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   >>>   A physics newsgroup had this subject recently, "Hidden dimensions   
   >>>   could explain where mass comes from", so I asked the chatbot to   
   >>>   write a story where mass is brought to our universe from a hidden   
   >>>   dimension. It came out much longer than I expected!   
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   >> Huh, nothing left.   
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   >> I hope they have some mathematical basis for these hidden dimensions   
   >> and are not simply grasping at whatever they can think of in their   
   >> frustration.   
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   >	Of course they have a mathematical basis accounting for   
   >observations of the energies of decomposing nuclear particles   
   >thus we have subnuclear particles: i.e. various quarks, muons,   
   >photons and the particle assumed to be directly responsible for   
   >mass, the Higgs boson.   
      
   I would bow to your superior knowledge, were it not for the fact that   
   "of course" is a statement of belief, not of fact.   
      
   This doesn't mean some physics theories don't have mathematics that   
   /require/ different dimensions, though. Or at least are easier to use   
   if different dimensions are posited.   
      
   When the Higgs boson was found, it is my understanding that a whole   
   lot theories died because it contradicted their predictions. Thus,   
   science marches on with the survivors.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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