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To: Red Badger
"The scientists propose that this fluid might be composed of gravitons—hypothetical massless particles that mediate the force of gravity. If they exist, gravitons are thought to play a key role in . . . "

massless particles . . . if they exist

If a particle has no mass, in what sense does it "exist"? Are we talking metaphysics or physics?
52 posted on 02/09/2015 12:39:00 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Photons, for example, certainly exist. Look at the glowing CFL above your head.


54 posted on 02/09/2015 12:42:03 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Steve_Seattle

QUANTUM...............


64 posted on 02/09/2015 1:27:33 PM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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