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Single Idea 20654

[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter ]

Full Idea

We need twelve particles in the master equation of the standard model, but it is necessary to have only four to build a universe (up and down quarks, the electron and the electron neutrino (or lepton). The existence of the others is 'a bit of a mystery'.

Gist of Idea

Only four particles are needed for matter: up and down quark, electron, electron-neutrino

Source

Peter Watson (Convergence [2016], 11 'First Three')

Book Ref

Watson,Peter: 'Convergence' [Simon and Schuster 2016], p.262

The 32 ideas from Peter Watson

20649 The interference of light through two slits confirmed that it is waves [Watson]
20650 The Uncertainty Principle implies that cause and effect can't be measured [Watson]
20651 The shape of molecules is important, as well as the atoms and their bonds [Watson]
20652 In 1828 the animal substance urea was manufactured from inorganic ingredients [Watson]
20654 Only four particles are needed for matter: up and down quark, electron, electron-neutrino [Watson]
20655 Humans have been hunter-gatherers for 99.5% of their existence [Watson]
20656 Traditional ideas of the mind were weakened in the 1950s by mind-influencing drugs [Watson]
20657 There are 23 core brain functions, with known circuit, transmitters, genes and behaviour [Watson]
20658 Information is physical, and living can be seen as replicating and preserving information [Watson]
20661 Electrons rotate in hyrogen atoms 10^13 times per second [Watson]
20647 Quantum theory explains why nature is made up of units, such as elements [Watson]
7461 The three key ideas are the soul, Europe, and the experiment [Watson]
7462 DNA mutation suggests humans and chimpanzees diverged 6.6 million years ago [Watson]
7463 The three basic ingredients of religion are: the soul, seers or priests, and ritual [Watson]
7464 The big idea: imitation, the soul, experiments, God, heliocentric universe, evolution? [Watson]
7465 Babylonian thinking used analogy, rather than deduction or induction [Watson]
7466 Mesopotamian numbers applied to specific things, and then became abstract [Watson]
7475 Confucius revered the spiritual world, but not the supernatural, or a personal god, or the afterlife [Watson]
7468 In ancient Athens the souls of the dead are received by the 'upper air' [Watson]
7470 During the rise of civilizations, the main gods changed from female to male [Watson]
7476 Taoism aims at freedom from the world, the body, the mind, and nature [Watson]
7474 Hinduism has no founder, or prophet, or creed, or ecclesiastical structure [Watson]
7471 The Gathas (hymns) of Zoroastrianism date from about 1000 BCE [Watson]
7473 Zoroaster conceived the afterlife, judgement, heaven and hell, and the devil [Watson]
7477 Modern democracy is actually elective oligarchy [Watson]
7478 Greek philosophers invented the concept of 'nature' as their special subject [Watson]
7481 The Israelites may have asserted the uniqueness of Yahweh to justify land claims [Watson]
7483 Paul's early writings mention few striking episodes from Jesus' life [Watson]
7479 Modern Judaism became stabilised in 200 CE [Watson]
7480 Monotheism was a uniquely Israelite creation within the Middle East [Watson]
7484 Jesus never intended to start a new religion [Watson]
7490 Because of Darwin, wisdom as a definite attainable state has faded [Watson]