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In reply to the discussion: What if the universe had no beginning? [View all]LudwigPastorius
(9,130 posts)14. Asserting that there exists "atoms" that are the smallest possible expression of....
space-time?
Yeah, that worked out for atoms, then protons and neutrons, then quarks, then strings, then...
I know, that's a bad analogy, but it seems like every time we humans think we've defined a fundamental building block, we later learn that it is made of something else.
This theory sounds like mathematicians rearranging numbers just to do away with singularities.
I personally don't have anything against singularities. They make more sense to me than time stretching in both directions with no beginning or end.
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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