If all atoms wants to be stable and forming molecules is their way of doing so, why isn’t the universe just a big batch of playdoh?

Question

Not sure if this is chemistry or physics so I’m flairing it as ‘Other’.

In: Physics

Answer 1

It was play doh in the beginning, but like play doh if you leave it long enough, it’ll change into something different, because change is the nature of the universe.