title text: Slowly progressing from 'how do protons behave in relativistic collisions?' to 'what the heck are protons even doing when they're just sitting there?'

(https://xkcd.com/2797)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2797)

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@xkcdbot best description of actual math research I've seen
@plektix @xkcdbot Also, philosophy research.