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Back in uni, I found it deeply unsettling to learn that the weak interaction violates parity symmetry. It feels like a glaring aesthetic flaw in an otherwise ve
by centimeter 6y ago
Back in uni, I found it deeply unsettling to learn that the weak interaction violates parity symmetry. It feels like a glaring aesthetic flaw in an otherwise very elegant physical “design”, so to speak.
- divbzero 6y agoReference for those interested in reading more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_interaction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak_interaction
- jadbox 6y agoCan this be explained in more detail for those outside of physics...
- jedimastert 6y agoMinutephysics has an excellent explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elt0Gt9Cb6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elt0Gt9Cb6Q
- p1mrx 6y agoWould you rather live in a perfectly symmetric universe without any matter in it?
- ramshorns 6y agoIt's strange that the weak force violates parity symmetry, and it's also strange that charge–parity symmetry, taken together, is much closer to being conserved but is still violated a little bit.
- centimeter 6y agoIs P violation required for matter creation?