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Symmetry breaking
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I'm not a physicist, but what if there were a new symmetry breaking going on right under our noses, would we notice?

Suppose the early universe had life. Before the breaking of the electroweak force into the electromagnetic and weak forces. If such life still existed, say, huddled in the cores of stars or the centers of galaxies, would they notice that the universe beyond their sphere of habitation had changed?

Similarly, is it possible that the universe beyond solar systems is dominated by a new particle zoo, with animals that do not respond the way we expect? This kindof violates the notion that the laws of physics are the same everywhere I guess. Any life out there might be built quite adequately for the distances involved. On that other hand, they might not venture into our habitable zone for the same reason that we wouldn't dive into a star. It would be quite unpleasant.

The two realities stay separate for now, but we observe some funny things going on that we can't seem to explain.

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