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CERN Scientists Conclude that the Universe Should Not Exist (ign.com)

Posted by msmash on from the mystery-continues dept.

Scientists at CERN are bemused as to why the universe exists, according to a new study. From a report, shared by a reader: Recent discoveries suggest that there's a perfect symmetry between matter and antimatter - meaning it's not clear why they didn't annihilate each other upon the birth of the universe. CERN's latest study sought to find out whether different magnetic properties accounted for matter's seeming victory after the Big Bang, but found another point of symmetry. Essentially, going by our findings so far, there simply shouldn't be a universe. Further reading: Universe shouldn't exist, CERN physicists conclude - Cosmos Magazine.

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  1. News flash: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...it doesnâ(TM)t.

    1. Re:News flash: by thegreatbob · · Score: 4, Funny

      Neither does your apostrophe; it has been replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

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  2. "In the beginning..." by Black.Shuck · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

    - Douglas Adams

  3. And the universe goes.... by Rande · · Score: 5, Funny

    poof in a flash of logic?

    (Yes, from the joke {Rene Descartes walks into a bar and orders a drink. When he finishes his drink, the bartender asks him if he would like another. Descartes replies, “No, I think not,” and disappears in a puff of logic.})

    1. Re:And the universe goes.... by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 4, Funny

      The bartender says "we don’t serve time travellers in here." A time traveller walks into a bar.

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    2. Re:And the universe goes.... by Convector · · Score: 3, Funny

      And this is the time to follow up with the one about the horse that walks into the bar and the bartender asks "Why the long face?"

      The reason to do it in this order is to put Descartes before the horse. I'll show myself out.

  4. whew! so all that dumb crap I did... wasn't. by swschrad · · Score: 2, Funny

    that's a relief.

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