Can order arise from randomness in the Universe ?

“If you look hard enough, chaos turns into order the way letters turn into words” ~Patricia McCormick

Our Universe’s age and size are incomprehensibly large which means it is a large enough sample space to allow for countless possibilities to happen. Basic Probability tells us that .

Given enough time, Particle motions which seem random at first can create complex systems that could create even more complex systems. It’s like a tree that can create countless branches.

That means the order and laws that we see in the Universe’s present state were once messy. But because of Space-time’s incomprehensible size, the possibilities for different combinations of particles gave rise to the laws and order that we see now.

As the Standard Model of Physics shows us, The Fundamental forces which govern the entire Universe are only caused by their corresponding particles. one example is Electromagnetism which is caused by exchange of Photons. (Which is the particle of light)

The Force of Gravity which is what we’re most familiar with is caused by the curvature of space-time that is caused by matter/energy (Matter tells space to curve which creates the gravitational force )

Without Gravity, order wouldn’t have arisen. It was the major guide from chaos to order in the early Universe.

But Gravity wouldn’t exist if there were no particles in the first place . Particles only exist because of Quantum Fluctuations which is caused by random energy changes in space. (It turns out empty space isn’t allowed in the Universe)

As we can see, the particles that gave rise to the Fundamental Laws which gave order to the Universe only exist because of the random fluctuations of energy in the Universe. The Universe’s property doesn’t allow empty space and energy.

This quantum fluctuation isn’t just theoretical. We already have scientific evidence which shows us that empty space isn’t really empty. It’s called the Casimir Effect .

It’s hard to imagine how randomness can lead to order as we don’t encounter these phenomenons in our everyday lives. But it’s important to remember the time scale . We Modern Humans have only been existing for about 200,000 years. That’s 0.001 percent of the total age of the Universe. We’re barely infants compared to the age of the Universe.

That’s why our common sense don’t apply to understanding what’s really happening in our reality. The entire human history is just a tiny blip. Luckily, even if we are nothing compared to the size and age of the Universe. We can still comprehend and make sense of it even just a little bit. In a way, We are the Universe trying to observe itself .