What is the Hierarchy Problem in Particle Physics?

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Edit: in the episode, the Higgs field is referred to as having a “mass of 250 GeV.” This is NOT correct; 250 GeV refers specifically to the energy of an object, as GeV is an energy, not a mass, scale. References: Hierarchy Problem - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_problem Hierarchy Problem - Of Particular Significance https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/particle-physics-basics/the-hierarchy-problem/ Planck Mass - COSMOS https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/P/Planck+Mass Special Unitary Group - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_unitary_group Doublet State (Quantum Mechanics) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublet_state Determinant - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinant Unitary Group - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_group Circle Group - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_group Q/A on SU(2) to U(1) Symmetry Breaking - StackExchange https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/370573/su2-to-u1-symmetry-breaking Higgs Mechanism - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_mechanism Coupling Constant - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_constant Coupling Constants of the Fundamental Forces http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Forces/couple.html Fermi’s Constant - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_constant Supersymmetry - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry Electroweak Interaction Theory - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroweak_interaction Coleman-Weinberg Mechanism - Scholarpedia http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Coleman-Weinberg_mechanism