[norwaypinesavage]

"The reason for this pairing is a fundamental symmetry found deep in the mathematics that might describe nature."

Mathematics and physics are two entirely different fields of intellect. Many things are quite possible in mathematics that don't exist in the physical world. Included are infinity, its inverse cousin, the singularity, imaginary numbers, etc. Many physical things can be reasonably described by mathematical things that don't actually exist in the physical world. That doesn't make them real.

[StAnDeliver]

"Many things are quite possible in mathematics that don't exist in the physical world. Included are infinity, its inverse cousin, the singularity, imaginary numbers, etc. Many physical things can be reasonably described by mathematical things that don't actually exist in the physical world. That doesn't make them real."

And yet antimatter, specifically antiprotons, lie at the root of supersymmetry theory.