* Astronomy

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics which are used to describe the motion of matter and how it is affected by applied forces.
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Ed ~ Inertia is dependant on a universal field and a 'spooky action at a distance'.

Higgs particles being closed superstring loops would not be restricted to 3D space-time - therefore particles interacting with the Higgs field would know the relative position of every other particle in the universe.