To understand why the universe is made of matter and not antimatter, physicists are looking for a tiny signal in the electron
  • WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
    27·
    9 months ago

    Because if we were made of antimatter, then that’s what we would have declared to be matter, and it would still be the case that the stuff we’re not made of would be the antimatter.

    • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      And even then, the question would still be “Why did it happen the way it did?” which is what this question is really asking…

        • astronomicon@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          Both questions are valid. Antimatter is an arbitrary label, but it is a specific thing with properties that prevent it from dominating the universe. It’s not a coin flip with the victor earning the title of matter, it’s an inevitable outcome that scientists are trying to find the mechanism for.