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13. Right. If all the energy of the universe was in a single point, there's no evidence to tell us

Reply to mn9driver (Reply #8)

Mon Aug 10, 2020, 01:07 AM

Aug 2020

what came before. There's no trace to tell us even what the laws of physics were prior to that point. We're free to speculate, but that's beyond the realm of science. Indeed, as far as science is concerned, time itself came into being at the moment of the Big Bang.

It's not that there was nothing before the Big Bang, it's that there was no "before" the Big Bang.

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Personally, I prefer this theory... [View all] pbmus Aug 2020 OP

I've always thought there's no way the universe ever 'was not' and then it 'was' mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #1

According to My Son The Astronomer, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #2

That's the common hypothesis. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #6

That assumes space is infinite though. cstanleytech Aug 2020 #10

I've thought of it this way since I was about ten. hedda_foil Aug 2020 #3

Well the blackholes are part of it as they are what causes the eventually curving that will lead to cstanleytech Aug 2020 #11

Makes way more sense to this pea brained mortal. KPN Aug 2020 #4

Nothing new about this at all-- Einstein talked about a cyclic universe and ancent Hindus... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #5

But that is just it there was never no nothing. If there was then we would not exist so there had to cstanleytech Aug 2020 #12

Of course it does. But, have you ever tried to imagine what nothing is? We're here, but what if... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #14

The universe was created by a black hole pushing matter from another. Glamrock Aug 2020 #7

Everything that we can calculate goes back to the moment of the Big Bang. mn9driver Aug 2020 #8

that's what my brainy friends tell me stopdiggin Aug 2020 #9

Right. If all the energy of the universe was in a single point, there's no evidence to tell us unblock Aug 2020 #13

In my favorite model of the universe everything looks pretty much the same... hunter Aug 2020 #15

I've always found the bang and crunch model more elegant Warpy Aug 2020 #16

The real problem with these "theories" is that they are not subject to proof or disproof. NNadir Aug 2020 #17

A little off-topic CloudWatcher Aug 2020 #18

Interesting.nt CatLady78 Aug 2020 #19