Symmetry derives from the way in which natural order quanta are produced. It is ontic, and has nothing to do with energy loss.
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Phenomenon explained: Symmetry is a signpost. Symmetry is fundamental to physics. The Standard Model of particle physics is based on the concept of symmetry: the behaviour of particles is a direct consequence of the symmetries they possess (or lack, depending on which way you look at it). General Relativity is founded on notions of symmetry, expressed as invariance of behaviour regardless of points of reference. Noether's theorem states that any natural law can be expressed as an invariance, which is a form of symmetry. |
Symmetry is the origin of being
In the QO view of the universe, the importance of symmetry is not surprising. The presence of symmetry makes it possible for a wave to resonate, and only waves that resonate exist. No symmetry, no existence.
Splitting natural order quanta
When a 'natural law' quantum splits into child quanta, the child quanta become active and the parent quantum from which they are derived becomes inactive. Each direct entanglement link between the parent and another temporal or atemporal quantum must be resolved to a link with one of the child quanta. For example, presuming the 'natural law' quantum for mass energy splits into two 'natural law' quanta, one for massive particles and one for massless particles, then every existing particle would become either massive or massless. The child quanta share much of the characteristics of the parent quantum, whereas differences between child quanta are not present in the parent. When we look back at the ontic evolution of 'natural order' quanta, we therefore experience an impression of lost symmetry. At one stage all was the same, now there are differences. But this is not a valid way of looking at things, for the arrow of ontic evolution goes in only one direction: from ancestors to descendants. We cannot tell if the ancestor 'natural order' quanta ever came to expression, and if they did, whether that happened in that part and those aspects of the universe in which we perceive the lost symmetry. To take the example of massive and massless particles further: we cannot tell if there were ever particles for which the concept of mass had no meaning. The symmetry which we perceive between massive and massless particles is the result of ontic evolution, which may or may not have been physically observable under some previously existing conditions.
The common ontic ancestry is also the reason why symmetry translates into invariant behaviour, as proved in Noether's theorem. Whenever a quantum splits, what the one new quantum has more of, the other has less of, and together they add up to the parent quantum. This applies just as much to natural law quanta as any other. For natural law quanta, this results in an invariance.
Constructive symmetries
It is also possible for existing natural law quanta to join together in a new resonance. This, too, produces symmetry and invariance. For example, in General relativity, the experienced speed of an object through space and its experienced speed through time are invariably the experienced speed of light. In this example it is not a case of natural order quanta splitting, but rather of them joining and resonating together in the symmetry of which the invariance is the result. The principle is the same: the constituent parts - time and space, in this case - resonate in symmetry, and what the one misses of the new whole, the other supplies, and vice versa, and Noether's theorem applies to the result.
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Credibility: This explanation is implied by the QO explanation for natural law, and shares its credibility: it is operationally credible. |