I'm a science nut. I watch everything on TV and Youtube regarding anything science related. But there is one thing I just can't get my head around. The current accepted model of the origins of the universe is the big bang. From an infinitesimally small point everything in the universe we see today exploded and expanded, creating the universe we see today.
So what caused the big bang and what existed before it? If time is infinite then there must have been something before the big bang. Also, if time is infinite then every possible scenaro will be played out.
So, if every possibilty will be played out then when I die, I'll come back as another person, maybe a homeless bum or maybe the President of the United States. I could come back as a spider, or an antelope or maybe a dinosaur.
Infinity seems to be both plausable and incomprehensible. A dicotomy which blows my mind.
But back to the big bang. Where did all this matter come from? I've read philosphers saying that everything that exists has a beginning. Well that's logical but it doesn't seem to apply to our universe.
It is difficult enough to imagine a time, roughly 13.7 billion years ago, when the entire universe existed as a singularity. According to the big bang theory, one of the main contenders vying to explain how the universe came to be, all the matter in the cosmos and all of space itself existed in a form smaller than a subatomic particle.
Once you think about that, an even more difficult question arises: What existed just before the big bang occurred? Also how could the entire universe exist in a point smaller than a subatomic particle?
Considering everything I've said, it's no suprise to me that many people turn to religion, because religion has the one single answer that answers everything. God did it. What it doesn't answer is where did God come from? So basically, if your an atheist and accept science to answer difficult questions or if you're religious and accept God did it, you're still no closer to answering the questions of origins.
I've come to the realisation that infinity is probably the reason we are all here. Every possible scenario played out over and over for ever. Maybe there are some things we just can't know and will never know. I find that frustrating but I take comfort in the fact that some genious who is yet to be born will figure the whole thing out.
So what caused the big bang and what existed before it? If time is infinite then there must have been something before the big bang. Also, if time is infinite then every possible scenaro will be played out.
So, if every possibilty will be played out then when I die, I'll come back as another person, maybe a homeless bum or maybe the President of the United States. I could come back as a spider, or an antelope or maybe a dinosaur.
Infinity seems to be both plausable and incomprehensible. A dicotomy which blows my mind.
But back to the big bang. Where did all this matter come from? I've read philosphers saying that everything that exists has a beginning. Well that's logical but it doesn't seem to apply to our universe.
It is difficult enough to imagine a time, roughly 13.7 billion years ago, when the entire universe existed as a singularity. According to the big bang theory, one of the main contenders vying to explain how the universe came to be, all the matter in the cosmos and all of space itself existed in a form smaller than a subatomic particle.
Once you think about that, an even more difficult question arises: What existed just before the big bang occurred? Also how could the entire universe exist in a point smaller than a subatomic particle?
Considering everything I've said, it's no suprise to me that many people turn to religion, because religion has the one single answer that answers everything. God did it. What it doesn't answer is where did God come from? So basically, if your an atheist and accept science to answer difficult questions or if you're religious and accept God did it, you're still no closer to answering the questions of origins.
I've come to the realisation that infinity is probably the reason we are all here. Every possible scenario played out over and over for ever. Maybe there are some things we just can't know and will never know. I find that frustrating but I take comfort in the fact that some genious who is yet to be born will figure the whole thing out.
