Metaphysics and Physics Facing the Preferential Option for Matter
The article advocates for a balance between physics (which explains the “how”) and metaphysics (which seeks the ultimate “why”). A recent LHCb discovery at CERN potentially explains why, after the Big Bang, matter survived while almost no antimatter did (instead of mutually annihilating). Although the evidence remains preliminary, it strengthens the idea that the universe exhibited a “preferential option for matter” by breaking fundamental symmetries, keeping both the scientific enigma and the vibrant frontier between physics and metaphysics very much alive.