SCIENCE
Subatomic Numerical Patterns: Quarks, Mathematical Magnificence, and the Particle Junk Drawer
In this brief exchange, user chrisolivertimes asks about the hidden cosmic significance behind the numbers 3, 6, 9, and 11. Reptiliandude provides a cryptic clue, revealing that the number three directly corresponds to quarks, the fundamental constituents of hadrons. When explorer1357 attempts to extrapolate this pattern by guessing that six, nine, and eleven relate to electrons, protons, and the atomic nucleus, Reptiliandude corrects them, suggesting instead that humanity needs to re-examine certain subatomic particles currently discarded in its scientific “junk drawer.” The dialogue wraps up with ACuriousHumanBeing wondering if neutrons fit this description, while chrisolivertimes pivots to a philosophical inquiry regarding whether the laws of causality inherently defend themselves across all realities.
SCIENCE
Subatomic Numerical Patterns: Quarks, Mathematical Magnificence, and the Particle Junk Drawer
In this brief exchange, user chrisolivertimes asks about the hidden cosmic significance behind the numbers 3, 6, 9, and 11. Reptiliandude provides a cryptic clue, revealing that the number three directly corresponds to quarks, the fundamental constituents of hadrons. When explorer1357 attempts to extrapolate this pattern by guessing that six, nine, and eleven relate to electrons, protons, and the atomic nucleus, Reptiliandude corrects them, suggesting instead that humanity needs to re-examine certain subatomic particles currently discarded in its scientific “junk drawer.” The dialogue wraps up with ACuriousHumanBeing wondering if neutrons fit this description, while chrisolivertimes pivots to a philosophical inquiry regarding whether the laws of causality inherently defend themselves across all realities.
Image: A proton is composed of two up quarks, one down quark, and the gluons that mediate the forces “binding” them together. The color assignment of individual quarks is arbitrary, but all three colors must be present; red, blue and green are used as an analogy to the primary colors that together produce a white color (Photo by Arpad Horvath via Wikimedia Commons)
Source: GT, "Last chance question thread for reptiliandude" r/reptiliandude ( 14 April 2018) https://www.reddit.com/r/reptiliandude/comments/8c5j0f/last_chance_question_thread_for_reptiliandude/
chrisolivertimes: What is the magnificence of 3s, 6s, and 9s? And more importantly, 11s?
reptiliandude (Admin): Fine… Quarks represent ‘3.’ The rest you should be able to figure out on your own.
explorer1357: 3 = quarks 6 = electrons 9 = protons 11 = nucleus???
reptiliandude (Admin): No. But you do have some particles you’ve consigned to the ‘junk drawer’ which you may want to take a second look at.
ACuriousHumanBeing: Would a neutron be such a particle?
chrisolivertimes: Does the laws of causality defend itself in all realities like it does in this one?
reptiliandude (Admin): Define ‘defend.’
