Editing 2351: Standard Model Changes
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Randall likely applied "left" to "strange" and "right" to "charm" simply due to the placement of the particles in the table: In the American English vernacular, the phrase "left and right" is more common than "right and left", in the same way that "top and bottom" is more common than "bottom and top", and "up and down" is more common than "down and up". So he placed "left" above "right" to match the ordering of the other quark generations. | Randall likely applied "left" to "strange" and "right" to "charm" simply due to the placement of the particles in the table: In the American English vernacular, the phrase "left and right" is more common than "right and left", in the same way that "top and bottom" is more common than "bottom and top", and "up and down" is more common than "down and up". So he placed "left" above "right" to match the ordering of the other quark generations. | ||
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+ | It's strange that Randall assigns the "left" direction to the charm quark and the "right" direction to the strange quark, when many languages {{w|Bias_against_left-handed_people#Language|have it the other way}} (e.g. "sinister" vs. "dexterous"). | ||
=== Leptons === | === Leptons === |