text: where do you think mass / inertia come from? i don't buy all that higgs boson stuff. seems like a yap theory to me (yet another particle). i have my own ideas and will some more details as i get answers. the higgs boson doesn't generate mass (in any of the theories i know of), it just has an interaction strength proportional to mass.  if they don't find the higgs, be ready for a whole pile of other particles.  i say mass comes from the same place as electric charge and color.