Daniel Whiteson

Right.

You would measure zero.

You feel no acceleration as you jump off a building.

Why does it then seem like you're accelerating?

Because the earth is accelerating upwards towards you.

So Einstein says, you measure an acceleration because you on the surface of the earth are in an accelerating frame.

So we can dig into that more if you like.

But the point is, you don't just replace Newton with Einstein.

You tell a different story about reality.

And so it's possible someday in the future, we have a different theory of particles that doesn't include the Higgs.

And we're telling a different story.

The story I told you about electrons moving through the universe with Higgs and whatever.

Somebody on a future podcast could be telling a very different story about reality.

So absolutely, and dark matter could be the key.

You know, one thing we don't know about dark matter is where does it get its mass?

The electron gets its mass from the Higgs, right?

But anything that gets its mass from the Higgs has to have a weak interaction, has to interact via the weak force.

And so far, it seems like dark matter doesn't feel the weak force, which means it probably does not get its mass from the Higgs.

Right.

Which means, is there a dark Higgs?