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

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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"In the beginning..."

[Black.Shuck]

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

- Douglas Adams

We Already Knew That the Universe Shouldn't Exist

[organgtool]

Since the law of conservation of mass and energy states that matter and energy can not be created then how did it ever come into existence in the first place?

And the universe goes....

[Rande]

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.})

Re:Today's silly joke

[Daetrin]

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!', but 'That's funny ...'"
- Isaac Asimov

Re: News flash:

[fisted]

I guess that means that at the moment there's insufficient data for meaningful answer.