B What’s the necessity of the strong force?

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Why does the universe care to have the strong force.
To put it simply: Why do we have the strong force?

If the goal of the fundamental forces (in a heavily generalized sense) is to bring particles to a lower state of energy, how is the strong force participating to this?

Could it be due to atoms being a very stable configuration?
If this is the case why is the electromagnetic force trying to work against a stable configuration?
 
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Th3 said:
Why do we have the strong force?
This question is not a physics question, and cannot be answered here.

Th3 said:
If the goal of the fundamental forces (in a heavily generalized sense) is to bring particles to a lower state of energy
Why do you think this is the case?

Th3 said:
why is the electromagnetic force trying to work against a stable configuration?
What do you mean by this?
 
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Th3 said:
To put it simply: Why do we have the strong force?
You have a bunch of protons jammed together in an atomic nucleus, with their positive electric charges repelling each other. What holds the nucleus together?
 
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