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In reply to the discussion: What if the universe had no beginning? [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)71. Start off with Einstein's observation that the universe is a...
marvelous creation.
And a creation would assume a creator.
Sorry atheists, but Big Al was into determinism and thought Spinoza was at least as smart as he was.
At any rate, paradoxes of infinity have fascinated theoretical physicists since at least since Plato, and these days no one is any closer to solving them. But not for lack of trying. Must be hundreds of physicists trying make a buck off of explaining this stuff in their videos.
Personally, I think it's simply that we are unable to comprehend things outside of our 3D reality. Time is merely motion in a fourth dimension, and distances are higher dimensional expressions of that motion. Or something like that.
But we can't really know because we are not as smart as we think we are.
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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
Just as GR "replaced" Newtonian gravitation for massive objects / highly curved spacetime,
VWolf
Oct 2021
#31
I'm just the opposite. I've always thought that infinity was the one true reality
Walleye
Oct 2021
#27
Does not explain why the universe does not look similar to todays as we peer further
cstanleytech
Oct 2021
#58