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		libraryofbabel 13 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is particle physics dead, dying, or just hard? Is that actually true, if the charges differed at the 12th decimal place only? That’s non-obvious to me.

baggy_trough 10 hours ago [–]

Yes because matter would have a residual charge that would massively overpower gravity even at that small a discrepancy.

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