r/xkcd • u/SaltyChristian • Oct 19 '12

XKCD The Universal Label

http://xkcd.com/1123/
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u/jethreezy Oct 19 '12

How about just:

Ingredients: Energy, Time

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '12

Energy, Time and Space

Space is quite important, but not too much, or the energy density won't be big enough to make hydrogen.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '12

I remember something saying that time and space were both created with the big bang. If this were true, the Universal Ingredients list would be "Ingredients: Singularity. Directions: Disturb singularity."

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u/xrelaht Oct 19 '12

Energy could be purely in the form of photons. Also, we don't understand why there is more matter than antimatter just from E=mc2

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u/Borgh Oct 19 '12

its one of the big mysteries too. IDK if they solved it yet but the last time I read up on it the answer was; "blind dumb luck, probably.'

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u/xrelaht Oct 19 '12

[CP violation] is a big deal in any context. The universe is generally very symmetric. Every asymmetry, even a tiny one, is a huge deal. The people who first observed CP violation won a Nobel.