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Depends what you mean by "what it is today.". Mass isn't fundamental. It is a particle's coupling to the Higgs Boson which generates mass. The Lagrangian of the Standard Model is an energy equation. Not a mass one.
Do you watch a lot of v-sauce? There's a certain argumentative style that he instills in his audience that I'm picking up when reading your comments. There's a lot of nuance and acceptability outside of the strict definitions that goes into the scientific process (as much as strict adherents don't like it, science is done when we close those gaps, it isn't immediate nor absolute)
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