RE: Thoughts on origins
August 10, 2015 at 11:54 am
(This post was last modified: August 10, 2015 at 12:20 pm by Alex K.)
I'll assume the usual big bang picture as a given all the way back to a time when the universe was hot enough that atomic nuclei do not yet form (because the observed numbers of so-called primordial elements Helium 3,4 Lithium and Hydrogen are pretty closely as predicted by BB). Before that it becomes difficult. I'll assume something like cosmic inflation or similar simply because I don't know a better solution to the observed flatness and homogeneity of the universe. Here it becomes more unclear. If it really was a quantum event that randomly triggered our part of the universe to inflate, tracing back our history further becomes very murky. My gut feeling is that at some point we will have a quantum space time in which time is not a nicely linear timeline like thing any more, in which case the notion of going backwards in time is not so well defined any more. Our timeline could be hooked up to a network of many times near the "origin" but that's just wild speculation. Already before that (going backwards) it is a solid "I don't know,."
So my answer is "we originated in a several MeV hot soup in an expanding space a bit less than 14 billion years ago, and before that, well, grab a glass of red wine and we'll phantasize"
So my answer is "we originated in a several MeV hot soup in an expanding space a bit less than 14 billion years ago, and before that, well, grab a glass of red wine and we'll phantasize"
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
