Hi,

thanks for your thoughts, but I don't think it's so straightforward. As mentioned in the post, I see two scenarios which are supposed to be mutually exclusive:

* The masses are generated at random (to be more precise: that happens at a very high energy, and then the values we observe are evolved down via Renormalization Group Equation)

* The masses are not random, but fixed by some mechanism we don't understand, although we parametrize it via the Yukawa couplings.

If the first scenario is true, then how were the values selected at the beginning of the Universe? Are there other Universes with different values? If the second is true, then what is this mechanism? Is there any "wiggle room" or must the values be what they are with no choice (e.g. PI can only be 3.1415... there's no wiggle room).