claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeconceptualist@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIf you’re not familiar with the flavors of quarks, they probably seem fake. Up Down Top Bottom Charm Strange Of course they all have antimatter counterparts. But anti-up is not the same as a down quark, anti-top is not the same as a bottom quark, etc.
minus-squareBarbecue Cowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI do want to hear the story of the physicist when they got to making up the names for charm and just strange. I imagine many sleepless nights.
If you’re not familiar with the flavors of quarks, they probably seem fake.
Of course they all have antimatter counterparts. But anti-up is not the same as a down quark, anti-top is not the same as a bottom quark, etc.
I do want to hear the story of the physicist when they got to making up the names for charm and just strange. I imagine many sleepless nights.