• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    That’s probably it.

    and maybe some day we’ll find out that there’s something smaller inside quarks

    I don’t think particle physicists in 2026 wake up in a cold sweat worried about preons. We are still taking measurements, but I don’t think theoreticians have any reason to invoke it – and IIRC its predictions have been outright contradicted experimentally.