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In reply to the discussion: What if the universe had no beginning? [View all]BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)79. I've been listening to people who have had
Near Death Experiences lately and this fits right. Some who have "crossed over" and came back said that there is no time at all. People on Earth have a hard time understanding it. They all say the same thing about their NDE...time doesn't really exist.
I have to be reminded about Shakespeare's quote, "There is more between Heaven and Earth Horatio...".
I know that we have a limited amount of tools to study this issue. Actually none of our current tools available could really understand this. I doubt we will be able to comprehend any of this for thousands of years, or maybe even longer.
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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