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A general topic on "what started it all..."
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RE: A general topic on "what started it all..."
July 10, 2009 at 2:28 am
(July 10, 2009 at 2:02 am)Dharan Wrote: Hi, I am not very good in physics, and even worse in cosmology. However, I often ponder origins of the universe

1. I am wondering if someone can help me understand why we have 'something' instead of 'nothing at all'. I cant follow the Stephen Hawking arguments. I'm sure this topic has been discussed ad infinitum. But hoping someone will get me up to speed.

Thanks,

Dharan

Because we can't have 'nothing'. Where would 'nothing' be? By very definition 'nothing' is the absence of all existence and so cannot in itself exist.

Therefore, 'something' must exist and it must have existed for all time, because without 'something' time has no meaning and therefore cannot exist either.
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A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Dharan - July 10, 2009 at 2:02 am
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Darwinian - July 10, 2009 at 2:28 am
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Ryft - July 21, 2009 at 10:53 pm
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Ryft - July 23, 2009 at 12:57 am
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Ryft - July 23, 2009 at 11:11 pm
RE: A general topic on "what started it all..." - by Ryft - August 3, 2009 at 12:00 am

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