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As the conversation unfolded, Cox also discussed the significance of the Higgs boson in contemporary physics. He noted that the Higgs field, a fundamental component that imparts mass to particles, behaves like a viscous medium. This analogy was humorously compared to navigating a crowded party, where a celebrity like Beyoncé would inherently have a "higher mass" due to the crowd she attracts, impacting her mobility through the social space. This clever metaphor served to illustrate how particles interact with the Higgs field and acquire mass, alluding to how the fabric of the universe is intertwined with these fundamental processes.