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[maddog]

Bigger problem I see is with only two particles, opposite charges attract -- how do you keep particles appart. Keep Electron going around the Proton in a Hydrogen atom. If it all depends on EM alone this wouldn't work.

A form of Gauge Theory might work here. By allowing EM to change its "flavor" with distance. EM's group theoretic properties are as U(1) so all it can do is flip sign (from attractive to repulsive). Intensity is a scaling factor.

Still you have no Boson as force carriers. So how do you describe the Spin 1 characteristics of force particles. I guess the Spin 1/2 Fermion you are kinda' taking care of with the + and - particles.

Positron is not just and Proton in place where an Electron goes !
In all respects a Positron IS an Electron with an inverse sense of Time also
considered a change in Chirality. In a bubble chamber a Positron will spiral
the opposite way that an Electron does during a decay process.

As for that other theory mentioned, it had four flavors of one particle. Two were your +, - particles, third was your combined +- particle and the fourth was some weird thing that could become any one of the other three.

I am not quite as old as you are in that I am not yet retired. My background in the last 25+ years has been designing Software. My collegiate training was both Physics and Astrophysics and I realize your theory will have to consider High Energy interactions to account for what goes on in most Physics today. You don't get to dismiss it.

maddog