The universe either started at one point, or has always been there. How are either possible? (1 Viewer)

[mr. furley]

@Officer Pete Malloy

 

[SacramentoBob]

Been wondering this for a while.

 

[cstu]

According to the multiverse theory, there are an infinite number of universes in space.  Therefore, the 'Big Bang' is a common event.

 

[matuski]

I will ponder this over my potatoes tonight.

 

[mr. furley]

According to the multiverse theory, there are an infinite number of universes in space.  Therefore, the 'Big Bang' is a common event.

where'd they all come from?

 

[Eminence]

infinity.

 

[cstu]

where'd they all come from?

One dimensional objects called strings.

Don't ask me to keep going, that's all I've got.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Furley has either ended this at one point or has always been here. Is either or both possible?

 

[Scoresman]

This video explains it all.

 

[tonydead]

Since we think the Hadon Collider actually found the Higgs Boson, and at the very least the first scalar boson, it proves that there is indeed something where we thought was nothing.  Or at the very least redefined our definition of nothing.  In other words it's very possible that something can come from nothing.  

 

[George Jefferson Airplane]

Snoochie Boochies? 

 

[mr. furley]

Snoochie Boochies? 

kiss me

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

@Officer Pete Malloy

Don't look at me. 

 

[fdas2]

Deleted my previous post, simply because EM liked it.  Working under the assumption if he likes something, it must be wrong.  FTN

 

[Eminence]

Deleted my previous post, simply because EM liked it.  Working under the assumption if he likes something, it must be wrong.  FTN

Bro

 

[fdas2]

Bro

C'mon, you're kinda dumb. You know this.

 

[Eminence]

C'mon, you're kinda dumb. You know this.

I mean, kinda but sometimes I'm kind of smart. You've got to take the good with the bad.

 

[TheAristocrat]

I mean, kinda but sometimes I'm kind of smart. You've got to take the good with the bad.

We come to conclusions based on facts here, not things your mom says.

 

[Fariq]

@Officer Pete Malloy

Pm shuke for answer

 

[mrip541]

Words like forever, nothing, and infinite can't really be comprehended, even if you believe in God(s). I'm gonna pop this beer and watch Die Hard.

 

[Galileo]

One dimensional objects called strings.

Don't ask me to keep going, that's all I've got.

Both multiverses and strings are really speculative.  There currently is no evidence for either, but the are cool ideas.

 

[lod01]

Pretty cool isn't it.

 

[Galileo]

Since we think the Hadon Collider actually found the Higgs Boson, and at the very least the first scalar boson, it proves that there is indeed something where we thought was nothing.  Or at the very least redefined our definition of nothing.  In other words it's very possible that something can come from nothing.  

http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather/dp/1451624468

 

[Foosball God]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question

 

[Homer J Simpson]

A turtle vomited up the universe.  I thought everyone knew that.

 

[Foosball God]

A turtle vomited up the universe.  I thought everyone knew that.

The Great A'Tuin?

 

[Pedro Cerrano Fan]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Question

This was one of my favorite stories as a kid.

Good call on Krauss' book, I was going to suggest it.  it's fantastic.

 

[Mr.Pack]

Since we think the Hadon Collider actually found the Higgs Boson, and at the very least the first scalar boson, it proves that there is indeed something where we thought was nothing.  Or at the very least redefined our definition of nothing.  In other words it's very possible that something can come from nothing.  

http://i.imgur.com/T4BrSwO.gif

 

[SameSongNDance]

The redshift in the light emitted from stars discovered by the Hubble telescope pretty much disproved the "static universe" theory. The big bang theory on the other hand was confirmed by the cosmic microwave background. We've come to understand a lot of what occurred during the early universe, and I mean early (the inflationary epoch, where our universe expanded exponentially began 10-36 seconds after the big bang).

What comes before the big bang is at this moment unknown and may be unknowable. Lawrence Krauss's book "A Universe from Nothing" was interesting but ultimately seems to boil down to semantics (at least it does in his debates). Then we have quantum mechanics and string theory, some of which hope to describe a multiverse but do so in the most wacky and unintuitive way imaginable.

One thing is for sure, we've made legitimate progress in the last century. 

 

[Uruk-Hai]

A turtle vomited up the universe.  I thought everyone knew that.

:thedeadlights:

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Deleted my previous post, simply because EM liked it.  Working under the assumption if he likes something, it must be wrong.  FTN

I did that one time when JamesBrownkid liked one of my posts.   

 

[Galileo]

The redshift in the light emitted from stars discovered by the Edwin Hubble telescope pretty much disproved the "static universe" theory. The big bang theory on the other hand was confirmed by the cosmic microwave background. We've come to understand a lot of what occurred during the early universe, and I mean early (the inflationary epoch, where our universe expanded exponentially began 10-36 seconds after the big bang).

What comes before the big bang is at this moment unknown and may be unknowable. Lawrence Krauss's book "A Universe from Nothing" was interesting but ultimately seems to boil down to semantics (at least it does in his debates). Then we have quantum mechanics and string theory, some of which hope to describe a multiverse but do so in the most wacky and unintuitive way imaginable.

One thing is for sure, we've made legitimate progress in the last century. 

Hubble, the telescope, was launched in 1990.  Hubble, the man, observed galactic redshift in 1929.

 

[The Gator]

Both multiverses and strings are really speculative.  There currently is no evidence for either, but the are cool ideas.

Thanks, Galileo

 

[tonydead]

http://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather/dp/1451624468

You didn't think I made that up on my own did you?  Only through the first few chapters tho. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Had it all figured out one night years ago.  

I can't remember now.

 

[Mister CIA]

where'd they all come from?

Amazon?

 

[joffer]

Had it all figured out one night years ago.  

I can't remember now.

I hate when that happens

 

[Brony]

I shudder to allow my mind to comprehend a universe without Spaghetti Os. 

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Maybe our universe had an origin from another universe and that had an origin from some other universe and so on.  At some point you lose track of what came from what.  Hell I know I have ancestors beyond my great, great, great grandparents - but I'll be damned if I've traced the origin back further than that.  What I know is now - a brief flash of 47 years in a much larger timeline.  I'm good with that.  I can't control what happened yesterday or 10000 years ago or millions of years ago so why worry about it?  I used to ponder things like that and realized at some point it doesn't matter - I can only live the life in front of me.

 

[tommyboy]

None of it real, just a giant computer Sim

 

[NorvilleBarnes]

 In other words it's very possible that something can come from nothing.  

Or there really is no such thing as nothing.

 

[spreagle]

Somewhere in the universal equations for everything there is a div 0 error which makes the creation of infinity from nothing possible.

 

[Henry Ford]

Time is a flat circle.

 

[mr. furley]

is it possible that the question will be answered one day.. millions of years from now?

i'm counting on being reincarnated around the time it gets figured out so i'll post here with the answer

 

[Warrior]

None of it real, just a giant computer Sim

Who created the computer?

 

[Foosball God]

Time is a flat circle.

time is a piece of wax. Falling' on a termite. Who's choking' on the splinters

 

[Foosball God]

Who created the computer?

We did.  :mindblown:

 

[mr. furley]

if anyone knows the answer to this question it's definitely The Ultimate Warrior

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXNvusFPsBQ

 

[tommyboy]

Who created the computer?

Does it matter?

 

[Parrothead]

Does it matter?

All matter matters