XPost: sci.physics.relativity, sci.math   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   Aether Regained  wrote:   
      
   > Bertietaylor:> On Sat, 5 Jul 2025 19:43:23 +0000, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Aether Regained  wrote or quoted:   
   > >> |                                                              The   
   > >> |evidence for the positron is a lot stronger than the evidence for say   
   > >> |quarks.   
   > >   
   > > There is plenty of evidence for Harry Potter and his broomstick.   
   >   
   > Physical evidence is of course primary, and the evidence from cloud   
   > chamber tracks (under magnetic fields) is solid.   
   >   
   > Still I like this philosophical argument probably due to Dirac or   
   > Feynman (paraphrased):   
   >   
   > It is extremely remarkable that the electron and the proton are so   
   > unlike each other, and yet have EXACTLY EQUAL (and opposite) charge. The   
   > positron on the other hand, having the same mass as the electron, is not   
   > as much of a miracle as the proton. It would not be very surprising if   
   > the exactly equal charge of the proton is really derived from an   
   > embedded positron.   
      
   Nonsense.   
   The quarks and electrons get their charges   
   from a common underlying gauge symmetry,   
      
   Jan   
      
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