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zahlmantoday at 7:54 AM3 repliesview on HN

The implication of this framing is that neutrons are considerably simpler.

I find that rather surprising.


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mchermtoday at 11:47 AM

Where are you getting that implication? I didn't see anything in the article suggesting that neutrons were simple and I would share your skepticism if someone claimed they were. The fact that neutrons can spontaneously decay into protons (plus other stuff) suggests otherwise.

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ephimetheustoday at 9:11 AM

Neutrons are just as complex, they’re much harder to study though.

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tsimionescutoday at 8:45 AM

I don't expect that to be the case, it's likely that the article simply focuses on the proton.