Question:
A question about the Big Bang?
Esaipmmc
2011-11-17 11:40:18 UTC
If the universe originated in a singularity, ie, if it was compressed into a point smaller than the head of a needle, it was a primeval atom''off''and there was no universe. What was it?

1 - Something can not be anywhere, has to be in one place
2 - The primeval atom''''could not be located in''anywhere''
3 - There was a transcendent reality to the reality of the primeval atom, in which he should be located.
23 answers:
?
2011-11-17 13:23:34 UTC
You seem a bit confused about the current knowledge of the Big Bang, and supplied no reliable data for your assertion that "Big Bang is also FALSE!"



The Big Bang Theory is supported by extensive data. Six prominent facts are:



** The red shift of almost all galaxies, getting greater as their distance increases.

— This shows that the galaxies are flying away from each other, at greater speeds at greater distances.

** The cosmic microwave background radiation.

— This is a remnant of the radiation from the Big Bang, and has cooled over time to the exact temperature predicted.

** The variations in the cosmic microwave background radiation.

— These variations fit theoretical predictions, and were caused by quantum differences near the start of Big Bang.

** The proportions of the lightest elements and isotopes.

— This helps show that the calculations for nuclear interactions immediately following the Big Bang are correct.

** The changes in galaxies as we look further away (and thus back in time), with distant galaxies more primitive and having fewer heavy elements.

— This shows some of the changes in the universe since the Big Bang, and confirms the deep time of the universe.

** The change in the apparent speed of type 1a supernova as we look back in time, with distant supernova exploding more slowly.

— This shows that the light has been stretched out by the expansion of space over billions of years.



It used to be that science couldn't answer the question about the origin of the Big Bang, but that didn't mean we should make up an answer and say that it was the cause. Within the last few decades science has discovered some good answers.



There are many well-respected physicists, such as Stephen Hawking, Lawrence Krauss, Sean M. Carroll, Victor Stenger, Michio Kaku, Alan Guth, Alex Vilenkin, Robert A.J. Matthews, and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, who have created scientific models where the Big Bang and thus the entire universe could arise from nothing but a quantum vacuum fluctuation -- via natural processes.



In relativity, gravity is negative energy, and matter and photons are positive energy. Because negative and positive energy seem to be equal in absolute total value, our observable universe appears balanced to the sum of zero. Our universe could thus have come into existence without violating conservation of mass and energy — with the matter of the universe condensing out of the positive energy as the universe cooled, and gravity created from the negative energy. When energy condenses into matter, equal parts of matter and antimatter are created — which annihilate each other to form energy. However there is a slight imbalance to the process, which results in matter dominating over antimatter.



I know that this doesn't make sense in our Newtonian experience, but it does in the realm of quantum mechanics and relativity. As Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman wrote, "The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And it agrees fully with experiment. So I hope you can accept nature as she is — absurd."



For more, watch the video at the 1st link - "A Universe From Nothing" by Lawrence Krauss.

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jtrusnik
2011-11-17 19:46:55 UTC
If you're saying that our currently level of understanding cannot determine what may or may not have happened before Planck time and when the universe was compressed smaller than Planck space, you're correct. Time = 0 doesn't seem to be anymore possible than space = 0, but that part in itself isn't really a problem for the theory itself. The Big Bang doesn't deal with the primordial state and/or its origins. It deals with what happened immediately afterwards.



As such, I fail to see how that disproves the Big Bang anymore than ancient cultures' inability to understand electricity meant that lightning couldn't be a natural phenomenon. I mean, if the universe is expanding as time goes on, then it must have been smaller in the past. That much really looks inescapable.
Mr. Immortel
2011-11-17 19:47:02 UTC
Yes what became the universe was more like a "seed", than an atom, that became the universe as it was developed.



1. Correct

2. Correct

3. Correct



Think of the Big Bang theory as having at least one thing correct; that the universe had a beginning.
2011-11-17 19:57:16 UTC
You're an idiot and know nothing about science. The singularity couldn't have had a location because it consisted of all matter in the universe. It was the location. You're question is akin to the questions asking what happened before the singularity. Nonsense...
Lipton
2011-11-17 19:46:40 UTC
Nobody actually knows what triggered it, what we do know is based on evidence we observe now. An expanding universe, primordial galaxies, the cosmic microwave background, etc...



Primeval atom is a hypothesis, not a theory...
David Santos
2011-11-17 19:44:15 UTC
I don't know.



It doesn't mean your version, with the sky-daddy, is true, though.



If God can come from nowhere, why can't the Universe?

If God can have always existed, why can't the Universe (in one form or other)?



The Big Bang is verified by a lot of astronomic evidence. That's why it's still a valid theory. Once we find evidence against it, we will have to figure out other theories.



All of them, of course, based on the *evidence* available, not someones unproven *belief*.
jeffrcal
2011-11-17 19:49:35 UTC
General Relativity predicted the existence of black holes. Many, if not most physicists doubted their existence believing that singularities cannot exist in nature. Well, guess what?



My point is that our common sense notions about nature break down when we talk about circumstance completely alien to our life experience. That seems to be what you are attempting and that is where your logic breaks down.



Take your first point for example. Something does not have to be in one place. The quantum description of the electron and the double slit experiment show that it doesn't.



Also, shouldn't you be asking these questions in the science section?



Peace.
?
2011-11-17 19:43:21 UTC
The Big Bang theory explains why the universe is expanding. It does not explain where the material/energy for the universe came from in the first place.
2011-11-17 19:46:07 UTC
the universe actually was not compressed into one point

there was no universe

we call this the anti universe

the universe literally did appear out of nothing - however the definition of 'nothing' needs revising due to the big bang theory the universe is a result of one extra anti matter particle, meaning there wasn't another antimatter to balance out this one and turn back into nothing again
2011-11-17 19:42:06 UTC
** The red shift of almost all galaxies, getting greater as their distance increases.

— This shows that the galaxies are flying away from each other, at greater speeds at greater distances.

** The cosmic microwave background radiation.

— This is a remnant of the radiation from the Big Bang, and has cooled over time to the exact temperature predicted.

** The variations in the cosmic microwave background radiation.

— These variations fit theoretical predictions, and were caused by quantum differences near the start of Big Bang.

** The proportions of the lightest elements and isotopes.

— This helps show that the calculations for nuclear interactions immediately following the Big Bang are correct.

** The changes in galaxies as we look further away (and thus back in time), with distant galaxies more primitive and having fewer heavy elements.

— This shows some of the changes in the universe since the Big Bang, and confirms the deep time of the universe.

** The change in the apparent speed of type 1a supernova as we look back in time, with distant supernova exploding more slowly.

— This shows that the light has been stretched out by the expansion of space over billions of years. - godless
?
2011-11-17 19:44:59 UTC
There were no atoms before the Big Bang.



If it is false then why can we see and hear it, and why does it explain the dynamics of our universe?



Quit pretending that you are not scientifically illiterate and poorly informed.
2011-11-17 19:43:55 UTC
this space time continuum did not exist until the big bang--thus the question is meaningless as the only frame of reference you have is this space time continuum. I'd like to see your information by the way that falsifies the big bang theory--I'm sure all science is breathlessly waiting for you to publish your "proof"



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Was that just a feeling you had that it's false--kinda like the one you ahve that your god is real;?
2011-11-17 19:41:59 UTC
the big bang takes place at berthas evry friday
?
2011-11-17 19:43:40 UTC
Do not dispute unless you truly understand the theory. You make yourself look dim.
vin
2011-11-17 19:45:27 UTC
That's why it's a "Theory" and postulated by a Catholic.



It wasn't witnessed, can't be proven.
Dreamstuff Entity
2011-11-17 19:43:41 UTC
Your additional details make it clear you don't actually care about the answer, or the mistake in your question.
2011-11-17 19:42:09 UTC
the only reasonable explanation is that the Christian god created everything. and the USA is his favorite. Britain is a bunch of pansies and australia is all dingos eating babies. USA USA
?
2011-11-17 19:43:52 UTC
I ask you this, if God doesn't need a creator then why does the universe?
skeptik
2011-11-17 19:48:12 UTC
Wow, you're not too bright, are you?



I see you have very strong opinions, though.
?
2011-11-17 19:41:47 UTC
By just reading you're additional details I will tell you that you're wrong, the big bang is good science
CWSfan
2011-11-17 19:42:24 UTC
Should this be in the science category?
Matthew
2011-11-17 19:44:41 UTC
You're right, it is indeed the Big Bang baloney.
2011-11-17 19:41:54 UTC
You're to "smart" for me.


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