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The discussion centers on the Higgs boson and its fleeting existence, which is theorized to last for an incredibly short duration, potentially less than a millionth of a millionth of a second. Participants argue that while the Higgs boson is responsible for giving mass to matter, it is the Higgs field that plays a crucial role in this process. The conversation also touches on the implications of the Higgs boson's transient nature on our understanding of existence and the age of the universe, estimated at 13.6 billion years. It is clarified that the Higgs boson originates from high-energy interactions rather than from the atomic nucleus.

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If the Boson Higgs Boson, only exists for a millionth, of a millionth, of a millionth, of a millionth of a millionth, of a millionth, of a millionth, of a second - or even lessera...

And all matter has mass because of it...

According to my wall clock, this means that several billion, trillion, zillion, gwillion, pillion, quillion light year parsec cubits ago - we and all eternity all flashed into existence for a mere spec of instantanity, and then it has ceased to exist.

I'd like someone to explain how something that lasts for nothing and basically doesn't exist...

Means we exist for far longer than that.

Spinning a bit smartera than that - does the Bosun Higgs Bosun only exist as a particle, in an independent form, for almost almost nothing in time, when it is actually split out of an atom or a fraction of the nucleus?

When in what it came from, ought it to exist almost forever?
 
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Lunar-Scooter said:
And all matter has mass because of it...

I believe it is the higgs field that causes matter to have mass, not the boson itself.

According to my wall clock, this means that several billion, trillion, zillion, gwillion, pillion, quillion light year parsec cubits ago - we and all eternity all flashed into existence for a mere spec of instantanity, and then it has ceased to exist.

The age of the universe is believed to be 13.6 billion years or so. It is unknown if we "flashed" into existence or if something else happened, as we cannot look back further than about 300,000 years after the start of the universe.

Spinning a bit smartera than that - does the Bosun Higgs Bosun only exist as a particle, in an independent form, for almost almost nothing in time, when it is actually split out of an atom or a fraction of the nucleus?

The higgs boson does not come from the nucleus of an atom, only from high energy interactions between certain particles.
 

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