From StarTalk.

The universe’s structure—galaxies, stars, and even us—emerged not from perfect symmetry, but from tiny quantum fluctuations during inflation, suggesting that randomness is not chaos, but creation. We are the result of cosmic imperfections seeded by quantum fluctuations in the early universe.

From ‘Brian Keating on Losing the Nobel Prize & Origins of the Universe’: https://youtu.be/xIM9hfbSJWU?si=TQYqESYoaILfH3g_

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