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The Hierarchy Problem

The hierarchy problem, is largely related to the Non-Zero Higgs Field, which determines the masses of the W & Z Bosons.

The Planck Mass is the mass of the smallest possible black hole, named after Max Planck, and it happens to be 10 quadrillion times larger than the aforementioned Bosons.

There's nuance I'm missing here, as I don't see why 10q is so bothersome.

Oh, these bosons carry the weak nuclear force, which conflicts with the force of gravity in some hierarchical manner.

Okay, it is odd that the particle that confers mass to other particles, has less mass, than the smallest possible instance of the most gravitational object we can prove exists (mathematically, though, I believe this is not experimentally falsifiable at current available energies), by far.

So, the Higgs field, is a Quantum Field.

First, we have to define a Field: A field, is a physical quantity, which is present all throughout space-time, with a value for every point in spacetime, and can be on average zero, or non-zero in any given region, and contains waves.If a field is non-zero, it's effects may become physically visible.

Then we define a Quantum Field, which isn't much different from a Classical Field. Once it becomes quantum however, the waves the field contains themselves, are comprised of particles.. A particle, then, is simply the least-intense wave that can travel through a quantum field.

The Higgs field has a non-zero average value throughout space-time, imparting mass to other particles.

Referenced in

Naturalness and The Standard Model

The Hierarchy Problem, concerning the ratio between the strength of gravity and the other fundamental forces, which is larger than expected.

The Hierarchy Problem