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by curiousfiddler 5091 days ago
I am not a physics researcher, but based on the videos that I have seen and whatever articles I have read, the most fascinating takeaway for me are:

1. That mass is not an intrinsic property of matter; rather it is acquired by the particle's interaction with Higgs field.

2. A massless particle travels at the speed of light.

When controlled, this has the potential to result in super crazy outcomes (super fast transfer of matter and energy etc).

PS: Please correct my interpretation if it looks wrong.