A particle of matter was gently cruising through the void at a little under the speed of light. On the

whole it was a well adjusted, reasonably happy and content little atom. It travelled a straight line from

where it had been, to where it was going. Having no needs, neither hunger, nor procreative urges, it

swam through the void merely passing time. As it was calculating vectors and velocities to while away

the nanoseconds, it noticed another particle heading towards a spot it would soon occupy. As it neared

that spot it realised the other particle was actually on a collision course. Further study also revealed it to

be a particle of antimatter. In the fraction of a nanosecond before the impact, the particle became a

very scared and unhappy atom which theorists have claimed is the reason for all the misery in the

ensuing universe!

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