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The Antimatter Non-Problem: When Observer-Independence Creates Mysteries From Nothing

Sergent, Brandon
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The matter-antimatter asymmetry is presented as one of the most profound unsolved problems in physics: why does the universe contain matter rather than having annihilated completely during the Big Bang? This paper demonstrates that this "problem" exists only under the assumption of observer-independent material reality. Through the framework of Experiential Empiricism, which treats experiential patterns as epistemic primitives without assuming mind-independent substrate, the antimatter asymmetry dissolves from a fundamental mystery into a pseudo-problem generated by unwarranted metaphysical assumptions. The predictive apparatus of physics remains completely unchanged. What changes is recognition that "why does the universe exist?" presupposes a material substrate that requires experience for evidence while claiming independence from experience. The paper examines how similar physics problems dissolve under experiential foundations, demonstrating that much of theoretical physics' conceptual confusion stems from attempting to explain experience through hypothesized mind-independent matter rather than working directly with experiential regularities.
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