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Could the universe have been at one time near the time of the big bang, in a highly symmetrical state, like liquid water? Consider that water has maximal entropy, AND maximal symmetry. Then, the maybe the universe underwent a phase change and "froze". When water freezes it acquires rigid structure and loses symmetry and its entropy decreases.
Suppose that mass is "frozen" spacetime "water" that has acquired rigid, non-symmetrical structure (broken symmetry) through undergoing a phase change. Then, suppose the universe starts to melt. As it melts, entropy increases. You eventually get "chunks" of "ice/mass" floating in "spacetime/water". The mass will eventually "melt" away as its entropy increases (and the symmetry of surrounding spacetime).
Maybe, like water, on a macro scale spacetime looks like a "continuous" and "smooth" medium on which we can do differential geometry. But when you "zoom in" on a molecular level, dg doesn't work and you need statistical mechanics to describe what's going on.
In phase changes, in between homogeneous regions, there are regions of chaotic behavior and fractal patterns and complexity emerge. Sort of what we see all around us. Maybe eventually the universe will "evaporate" and become a "gas".
I know all this is naive, and I hope this is the right forum for this. If not, sorry, feel free to move or delete.
Thanks for reading.
Suppose that mass is "frozen" spacetime "water" that has acquired rigid, non-symmetrical structure (broken symmetry) through undergoing a phase change. Then, suppose the universe starts to melt. As it melts, entropy increases. You eventually get "chunks" of "ice/mass" floating in "spacetime/water". The mass will eventually "melt" away as its entropy increases (and the symmetry of surrounding spacetime).
Maybe, like water, on a macro scale spacetime looks like a "continuous" and "smooth" medium on which we can do differential geometry. But when you "zoom in" on a molecular level, dg doesn't work and you need statistical mechanics to describe what's going on.
In phase changes, in between homogeneous regions, there are regions of chaotic behavior and fractal patterns and complexity emerge. Sort of what we see all around us. Maybe eventually the universe will "evaporate" and become a "gas".
I know all this is naive, and I hope this is the right forum for this. If not, sorry, feel free to move or delete.
Thanks for reading.