Our left and right hands each contain a thumb, first finger and second finger and are each attached to a wrist. We label the hands and their parts left and right to identify them. We think of the hands and their parts as absolute objects, consistent with thinking on the principle of balance. In the same way, we conceptualise the enantiomers of chiral tetrahedral molecules as absolute objects each consisting of the same four absolute objects, the objects being distinguished by the rotation of three of the four objects in the same sense when the fourth projects towards or away from an observer.
The two enantiomers of a chiral tetrahedral molecule possess different physical properties. These differences are critical to life. Opposite enantiomers can produce very different effects in biological systems.
In accordance with the principle of chiralkine, enantiomers are relational objects, just like ortho and para hydrogen, which also possess different physical properties.
If Order 4 operates at all scales, then all objects are relational, and the apparent asymmetry inherent in their different physical properties is inherent in their relationships. It could be that the apparent asymmetries observed at the level of sub-atomic particles are artefacts of thinking on the principle of balance (using equations). The so-called laws of nature are expressed in the form of equations. But the two sides of an equation (such as E = mc2) are not truly identical – they encode different relationships. This suggests that the apparent asymmetries we observe may arise not from nature itself, but from the structural limitations of equations. Perhaps this is where the problem lies. Perhaps chiralkine, with its insight into relational coupling, offers an alternative explanation? Could the violations be down to incomplete relational counting: not closing relational rings?