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>>12553085
Photons are the force carrier for the electromagnetic force, which is what holds together most "normal" matter you experience. So in a sense, your hypothetical question is actually how reality works.

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In quantum field theory electrons scatter by throwing photons at each other, but how do they know they're close to another electron, so they should send a photon?

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>>8741614
photons can interact with anything with electric charge. Electrons have electric charge so they can interact with photons. For example when two electrons scatter from each other, this is done via the emission and absorption of a photon.

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