In recent years, many scientists have referenced the work of mathematicians D.K. Kondepudi and G.W. Nelson who claim that symmetry breaking states are extremely sensitive to small symmetry breaking interactions, and small external influences can play a role in the selection of one outcome from other possible outcomes. Kondepudi and Nelson have previously concluded that the energy barrier for selecting one outcome over the other should be on the order of 10-15–10-17 kT based on their earlier calculations. Kondepudi and Nelson then studied mathematically the rate equations from a hypothetical chemical reaction to see if symmetry breaking leading to bifurcation could create new homochirality in that chemical reaction. Although symmetry occurs in some chemical reactions that produce chirality, the breaking of that symmetry as it relates to forming new homochirality, the alleged formation of only one outcome and the bifurcation they propose occurs contrary to the chemical literature. For this reason, it was necessary to evaluate their claims because of the potential impact of their discovery if verifiable. Unfortunately, it had to be concluded that the Kondepudi and Nelson math equations for symmetry breaking are not relevant to chemical systems, and their claims for creating new homochirality were only assumed, never substantiated.