Lazy Twitter: Is the phrase 'symmetry breaking' unintuitive? Just asking because I like using the phrase.
Yes, I agree that it's a difficult phrase to parse. That's because you have to understand what symmetry is meant for physicists and how it is used to analyze a system.
Then once you've understand what symmetry means, you introduce a notion that is not the opposite of symmetry (i.e. antisymmetry) but rather a verb that says the original symmetry transitions to a state of non-symmetry. The process of breaking is what interests physicists!
Is that breaking process even relevant with respect to understanding cognition?
Anyway, I'm always interested in more intuitive phrases.
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