re: Do you accept the notion of the Big Bang as the origin of our universe?

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It seems to me that you would have a universe with more stand-alone protons than protons that have combined with neutrons. Yet we only see proton neutron pairs or extra neutrons attached. Where did all the protons go?

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Ever heard of a pentaquark? It's one of an increasing number of exotic particles that are being confirmed by the LHC in Geneva.

It seems there were many options for quarks to form particles other than the two-up/one-down protons we're so familiar with.