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And what if there is no "end" ? OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #1
What if there really is no spoon? N/t getagrip_already Oct 2021 #43
That would mean.... Quanto Magnus Oct 2021 #50
And every change is discovery as well. jaxexpat Oct 2021 #65
Life is so strange! Anon-C Oct 2021 #2
K n R ! Thanks for posting! nt JoeOtterbein Oct 2021 #3
Whew, now I don't have to wonder about what became before nothing. Baked Potato Oct 2021 #4
actually, technically, everything came before nothing. n/t. airplaneman Oct 2021 #86
As I've 'always' thought. elleng Oct 2021 #5
Welcome to the grand illusion. Bluethroughu Oct 2021 #6
And no religion, too. rsdsharp Oct 2021 #7
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I would call those TlalocW Oct 2021 #12
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It Had To Start With Something COL Mustard Oct 2021 #33
Well the post claims there is no beginning. The universe has always been. Farmer-Rick Oct 2021 #38
Or not 7wo7rees Oct 2021 #45
A Tibetan teacher I know says that the universe WhiteTara Oct 2021 #37
That's a self-aggrandizing position. Sibelius Fan Oct 2021 #62
It's all Maya. "(S)elf-aggrandizing" is an illusion. marble falls Oct 2021 #81
Hawking said a good, brief explanation is: SCantiGOP Oct 2021 #9
My brain hurts. C Moon Oct 2021 #10
👍 Joinfortmill Oct 2021 #20
it's a concept that I sometimes think that we as humans have to further evolve Javaman Oct 2021 #29
If You Think The Concept Of Time Is Merely A Construct COL Mustard Oct 2021 #34
Time is what billh58 Oct 2021 #69
That only happens with our current state of mind Javaman Oct 2021 #78
I grok that. Nt Stardust Oct 2021 #77
I've been listening to people who have had BigmanPigman Oct 2021 #79
I hear you Danmark Oct 2021 #56
Exactly. Then we start to explore the concept Javaman Oct 2021 #80
Uh, oh. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2021 #11
Would that mean.... SergeStorms Oct 2021 #13
If god created the universe Demobrat Oct 2021 #22
we did to explain that the universe has no beginning and end., Javaman Oct 2021 #30
Or else what we call God IS the universe, wnylib Oct 2021 #44
I kind of agree with that. It is all knowing. judesedit Oct 2021 #48
Science and religion often say the wnylib Oct 2021 #49
i still have my wall poster from college! samnsara Oct 2021 #84
I think that is called Panty-ism. NotANeocon Oct 2021 #64
I drove my mom crazy with that question. Woodwizard Oct 2021 #60
God created man, and man being a gentleman returned the compliment. olegramps Oct 2021 #66
Asserting that there exists "atoms" that are the smallest possible expression of.... LudwigPastorius Oct 2021 #14
I personally am not eager to do away with the Big Bang Theory in favor of mathematical harmony. NH Ethylene Oct 2021 #70
I always thought the use of the concept of "Infinite" slightlv Oct 2021 #15
Several physicists still think that the singularities... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #17
Just as GR "replaced" Newtonian gravitation for massive objects / highly curved spacetime, VWolf Oct 2021 #31
I Work With A Guy Who Is Infinitely Dense COL Mustard Oct 2021 #35
+10 nt reACTIONary Oct 2021 #53
I'm just the opposite. I've always thought that infinity was the one true reality Walleye Oct 2021 #27
It's just a ride 7wo7rees Oct 2021 #46
+1000 ancianita Oct 2021 #68
Interesting theory... Moebym Oct 2021 #16
I don't think big crunches happen qazplm135 Oct 2021 #21
"sooner or later (much later) anything that can happen, will happen" LudwigPastorius Oct 2021 #24
thankfully qazplm135 Oct 2021 #25
I think that is where Wall St is headed. nt Esra Star Oct 2021 #76
My view is kinda like yours.... slightlv Oct 2021 #32
Quantum fluctuations? n/t Moebym Oct 2021 #36
couple of ways there qazplm135 Oct 2021 #39
Brahma's Breath... Silver Gaia Oct 2021 #57
I love the idea that we're so tiny... NullTuples Oct 2021 #18
Hard to wrap your head around. Joinfortmill Oct 2021 #19
You always find the most interesting articles! renate Oct 2021 #23
Good stuff! Thanks for the link! nt Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #28
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #40
Second Law of Thermodynamics dupagelib Oct 2021 #41
puts me in mind of this beautiful tune: lastlib Oct 2021 #42
Saved for later. JohnnyRingo Oct 2021 #47
The void...everything and nothing ashredux Oct 2021 #51
I've wondered about a constantly expanding and contracting universe. JohnnyRingo Oct 2021 #52
What does Vishnu think about all this alfredo Oct 2021 #54
Kick burrowowl Oct 2021 #55
Does not explain why the universe does not look similar to todays as we peer further cstanleytech Oct 2021 #58
I figure we can only see into the past of our own local space. hunter Oct 2021 #59
then it has no end llashram Oct 2021 #61
What if there were MANY beginnings -and contractions, and big bangs? NotANeocon Oct 2021 #63
Yes! The universe has always been here, as defined.. Duppers Oct 2021 #67
Start off with Einstein's observation that the universe is a... TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #71
No need to apologize, TS. Even you are not as smart as you think you are. Martin68 Oct 2021 #74
It's Turtles snort Oct 2021 #72
Interesting ideas but well beyond anything that would be useful to science as a theory that can Martin68 Oct 2021 #73
It is a capital error.... Mustellus Oct 2021 #75
Oh, it HAD a Beginning Dystopian Optimist Oct 2021 #82
it began when each of us were born, it ends when each of us dies. Javaman Oct 2021 #83
Makes sense to me. I have zero understanding of KPN Oct 2021 #85
What if the universe had no beginning nelsonarcherdd31 Nov 2021 #87
How will climate change impact earth. Destruction or new ice age? LiberalFighter Nov 2021 #88
Right on par with "infinity" in my mind. Heartstrings Nov 2021 #89
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