Why Are We Made of Matter? 393
StartsWithABang (3485481) writes "The Universe began with equal amounts of matter and antimatter after the Big Bang, and yet when we look out at today's Universe, we find that, even on the largest scales, it's made of at least 99.999%+ matter and not antimatter. The problem of how we went from a matter-antimatter-symmetric Universe to the matter-dominated one we have today is known as baryogenesis, and is one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics. Where are we on the quest to understand it as of April, 2014? A wonderful and comprehensive recap is here."
Re:Ah, antimatter (Score:4, Insightful)
Ah, the obligatory /. cheap shot at religion, always good for a cheap +5 funny. You failed to complete the cliche though, there should have been a slam aimed at the GOP in there somewhere.
Prove it (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Ah, antimatter (Score:2, Insightful)
"News for WIMPs, stuff that's matter."
Re:civilizations' bottleneck (Score:5, Insightful)
As soon as physicists solve the problem of antimatter the antimatter bomb will be created.
It will be the size of a coin and could literally destroy literally a quoter of a planet. This is how civilizations end in the Universe.
You vastly overstate the yield of an antimatter weapon.
antimatter weapon yield calculator [edwardmuller.com]
Re:Ah, antimatter (Score:5, Insightful)
Oh, if you insist: The GOP is using peoples' religion to encourage them to think of themselves as butthurt victims, creating divisiveness and the notion that in a nation where there's a church on every other streetcorner, religious people are somehow the oppressed, and they're doing it, not because they care about those religious beliefs or religious people, but in order to create a political climate where it's easier to redistribute wealth upwards.
Oops, I'm sorry. You specifically requested a cheap shot and that wasn't one. I'll do better next time.
If anti-matter won ... (Score:5, Insightful)
So there are really only 2 scenarios.