I have a question I'd really love to ask.
It's about the Big Bang. The beginning of our universe. At least supposedly.
First there was nothing. Then, there was, energy. And it expanded.
But how did it expand? Wouldn't there have had to exist Space prior to something expanding? But some say space-time BEGAN with the Big Bang. That it wasn't pre-existent.
But how could that be, if localized energy, in order to expand, requires a medium for said expansion, namely Space, or Extension....
I admit that I am very ignorant about astrophysics. Enlighten me. Prove me wrong.
All I can do is rely on my own common sense.
P.S., I believe this thread may be more appropriate to the Science and Technology sub-category, which I missed. To any moderator, feel free to place this thread there instead of here. Thanks.
Question about Space
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Re: Question about Space
Post #2The way I see it, there is an analogy that I think illustrates my point quite nicely.
Imagine a small blanket of knitted yarn. Say, it is 12 by 12 inches or so. Just so we can use it as an example.... Now, let us say that this blanket is compact in itself, with all the stitches or whatever being fully aligned and self-contained within the parameters of the blanket. All's well and good.
Now, imagine if you will, a thin film, or buffer, of fog that lies only about a half-inch above the blanket. Kind of like the blanket of fog we say in the original Alien movie by Ridley Scott, with the eggs and all.... Anyhow, this fog ends abruptly, so it serves as a demarcating sort of cut-off point that is absolute. Let's go on say that this 1/2 inch of fog cuts off any and all light, so that the blanket underneath is invisible.
Imagine that somehow or other, one of the stiches is jerked, or loosened out of the compact composition of the blanket, and that it is dragged, pulled, etc, across the boundary of the fog. To us, for all intents and purposes, it appears that the stitch exists in isolation, that it is not connected with anything. And yet, following the nature of the cross-hatches of the yarn, it still exists in relation to that greater whole, and still, lends some level of support to that fabric. The stitch supports the general weave in other words. It has been slightly jerked or distorted out of place, but it still bears a relation to the original weave of cloth.
That is my idea of the big bang. Not ex nihilo, but in dependence to a greater being out of which a lone stich emanates. It is only due to our perception that we do not see its interconnectedness.
Now, let us say that Original Space is contained in the compactness of the blanket. And let us say that Consequent Space is only a Transformation of that Original Compaction. We can see that Original Space didn't go anywhere, not the totality of it. Only that it gave some of its being to the Consequent Space. Our Space is an alteration, in appearance only, of the Original Space that to our eyes is Compact because it is not Explicitly Extended. It remain Subtly out of the Purview of the senses.
Imagine a small blanket of knitted yarn. Say, it is 12 by 12 inches or so. Just so we can use it as an example.... Now, let us say that this blanket is compact in itself, with all the stitches or whatever being fully aligned and self-contained within the parameters of the blanket. All's well and good.
Now, imagine if you will, a thin film, or buffer, of fog that lies only about a half-inch above the blanket. Kind of like the blanket of fog we say in the original Alien movie by Ridley Scott, with the eggs and all.... Anyhow, this fog ends abruptly, so it serves as a demarcating sort of cut-off point that is absolute. Let's go on say that this 1/2 inch of fog cuts off any and all light, so that the blanket underneath is invisible.
Imagine that somehow or other, one of the stiches is jerked, or loosened out of the compact composition of the blanket, and that it is dragged, pulled, etc, across the boundary of the fog. To us, for all intents and purposes, it appears that the stitch exists in isolation, that it is not connected with anything. And yet, following the nature of the cross-hatches of the yarn, it still exists in relation to that greater whole, and still, lends some level of support to that fabric. The stitch supports the general weave in other words. It has been slightly jerked or distorted out of place, but it still bears a relation to the original weave of cloth.
That is my idea of the big bang. Not ex nihilo, but in dependence to a greater being out of which a lone stich emanates. It is only due to our perception that we do not see its interconnectedness.
Now, let us say that Original Space is contained in the compactness of the blanket. And let us say that Consequent Space is only a Transformation of that Original Compaction. We can see that Original Space didn't go anywhere, not the totality of it. Only that it gave some of its being to the Consequent Space. Our Space is an alteration, in appearance only, of the Original Space that to our eyes is Compact because it is not Explicitly Extended. It remain Subtly out of the Purview of the senses.
Your faith is beautiful.
