Imagine a glorious future where humans have overcome our present troubles, And we eventually leave this tiny planet behind to live amongst the stars, In time, our descendants span the entire Milky Way, Countless trillions living in harmony from the galactic centre to the most distant spiral arm. One day, a message arrives from outside, from another distant galaxy, another distant cluster.
There is other life, other intelligence, out there in the universe. Ideas are exchanged and science, art and philosophy prosper. And eventually, plans are made – in the darkness of intergalactic space, the two great civilizations will meet. Many generations labour to build the immense craft capable of traversing great distances. And many generations are born, live their lives and die on the immense journey.
But after countless millennia, in the inky blackness, the emissaries of the two civilizations approach. Two individuals float across the void, hands reaching out. They touch. And both vanish in a blinding flash.
The great ships stand off from each other, staring in amazement. The civilizations are fundamentally different.
And it is only now it becomes clear – one is made of matter, the other anti-matter, and any contact leads to annihilation. The ships retreat into the darkness, knowing that true contact will always be impossible. But how did it come to this? How did they not know about the difference in their fundamental make-up? They had shared their science, their mathematics, and their engineering Surely this difference would have been obvious? But the scientists knew better, they knew that nature holds onto its secrets tightly. They knew that written into the laws of the universe were rules that cloaked these secrets. Rules fundamental to the functioning of the universe. They knew that these rules were built into many of the universe´s processes, from the supermassive to the microscopic. They knew that it was these rules that had helped reality freeze in the first billionth of a second of time. And behind them all – they knew there was always one common factor. Symmetry. Have you ever wondered how your brain works? Or how the earth formed? Or how civilisation began? Wondrium is the perfect place for you, and has been a huge inspiration to both History of the Universe and History of the Earth. Wondrium used to be called Great Courses Plus, which made university level lecture series – and they have now expanded to contain even more content. From travelogues and tutorials to long form documentaries, Wondrium is the best place for all your high quality, enjoyable content that will make you smarter. One great example of this is The Theory of Everything series by Don Lincoln – an easy to understand university level lecture series, and one I like to listen to to get inspiration for the channel. Indeed the two lectures on how symmetry works in physics were a huge help in making this video. Its exhaustive, totally understandable but never dumbed down. I am not exaggerating when i say that without Wondrium this channel may not have existed. It is the best educational subscription service out there, hands down.
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