Why Do Electrons Have Charge and What Dictates These Fundamental Properties?

k9b4 · Nov 2, 2014

Why does an electron have a charge? Why does the thing which gives an electron charge give an electron charge?

Does everything have a cause? How far can we go giving things causes? Do some things happen 'just because'?

Dale · Nov 2, 2014

What experiment could be performed to answer this question?

Dr.D · Nov 2, 2014

This is a very philosophical question.

Think about the question regarding the origin of the universe. Can we go back infinitely assigning causes (chicken-egg-chicken-egg-...) or is there a first cause?

Many, but not all, folks think there was a first cause (the Big Bang), but what caused that?

Dale · Nov 2, 2014

Dr.D said:

This is a very philosophical question.

Exactly. It is philosophy, not science.

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