I’ve been thinking about the origins of the universe - and I have issues!
Observation of distant stars indicates the universe is expanding and the expansion is increasing in speed. 2 thoughts:
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When they wind things backwards in time, they get to an infinitely dense object they are calling a Singularity. I have a problem with infinity. It’s OK as a mathematical construct, but I don’t think nature works like that. Further, my experience is that nature finds a way around such problems.
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The accelerating expansion implies it is going to infinity. Again, I have problems with infinity.
There’s also the issue of a Creation Event (patent pending). The Big Bang Theory speculates an origin point in time and space - to the thrill of theists everywhere.
I have a problem with Creation Events. I’ve never experienced a creation event, and I don’t know of anyone who has either. The logical conclusion is that they don’t happen.
I have heard there is one hypothesis where there was a previous universe that collapsed on itself, creating a highly dense object (which I will call a Space Seed), and that seed expanded into our current expanding universe
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The universe goes through continuous expansions and contractions.
For this to work, the currently accelerating expansion has to slow down, stop, and start shrinking. Obviously there’s no evidence for that.
However, this hypothesis does solve the problems of an infinitely dense object and a creation event. But it doesn’t solve the problem of infinite time - which I don’t have as much problem with compared to an infinitely dense object.
So what do you think? Do you have the same problem I have with infinity? Do you have the same problem I have about Creation Events. What about my preference for infinite time versus infinite space or infinitely dense objects?