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the equations of the standard model seem
to predict a universe in perfect balance
formless and without
structure as it was at the very
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beginning and if it had remained that
way nothing would
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exist if the laws of science are framed
in their most perfect most symmetrical
form then life cannot exist at
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all there' be no mountains rivers
valleys no DNA no people
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Nothing a universe created created along
absolutely symmetric principles would be
in perfect
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balance the higs field is the first clue
to what broke the symmetry of that
completely uniform early
Universe the state of perfect symmetry
is very similar to the state of Perfect
Balance think of a spinning top it
exists in a state of perfect rotational
symmetry no matter how you rot
everything looks the
same even more so than the symmetry of a
spinning top at this instant of creation
every place in the universe would have
been symmetrical identical to every
other place but Perfection isn't stable
the slightest imperfection the slightest
little defect will cause it to vibrate
perturb and fall to a lower energy State
symmetry has been broken
within a fraction of a second of the Big
Bang physicists believ the absolute
symmetry of the universe was shattered
by a tiny
fluctuation the higs field appeared in
all of space the forces split apart the
particles of the standard model became
distinct structure
emerged this fall from Perfection was
what allowed us to come into being
everything we see around us is nothing
but fragments of this original
Perfection whenever you see a beautiful
snowflake a beautiful Crystal or even
the cemetry of stars in the universe
that's a fragment that's a piece of the
original Cemetery at the beginning of
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time