What are your thoughts on the "Big Bang" theory?

Question

Given that the universe is of infinite dimensions, could the "big bang" have been a localized event. one which has repeated somewhere in the universe several times? I have a difficult time believing that all the matter of the entire universe was compacted into any one location. Infinity can be a very hard concept to grasp but I do believe the universe has existed for infinity and will continue to do so. It just seems illogical to assume that there was no matter in the entire universe prior to any one astronomical event.

If all the fundamentalists could please abstain, you are only wasting your time.

pardon the insult Mez, my point was merely that I do not seek biblical explanation, I've already heard that story.

Answer 1

When the one location is definable as a mathimatical singularity you'd be surprised what can happen, it has been postulated that the "Big Bang" had more space dimensions then the present universe and if that's the case then it very easily could have been the origin of all matter. How many 2-D circles fit in a sphere? Infinitly many. Same idea.

And the "Big Bang" wasn't a cherry-bomb-in-space. There was no space. Thanks to Relitivity we know that Space and Time are consequences of the existance of gravity and quantum mechanical forces which require matter and energy too exist. Trying to use conservation of mass to disprove Big Bang isn't valid, as there was no space or time before the Big Bang so there's nothing to compare it to.

As for whether or not there's evidence for the Big Bang, I beg to differ. The Cosmic Radiation Background is more then just proof, it's the proverbial smoking gun. I really hope this helps.

Answer 2

What you are talking about sounds like M Theory. First let me explain that in M Theory there are 11 dimensions (not an infinite number, some have suggested 24, but 11 is more accepted). There are the three space dimensions we normally experience plus one "time" dimension. Another 6 dimensions are curled up on themselves (the reason is unknown). There is yet another dimension, not curled up, which our "universe" is part of, along with probably several, or even an infinite number, of.

Now, according to M Theory, the Big Bang is one of several such events (there is probably an infinite number of them in the past). The "brane" (or membrane) which our universe is on has existed forever and always will. Every so often, two nearby branes can slam into each other, sending energy into them. We experience this energy burst as a "Big Bang".

All of this is conjecture at this point, and may never be provable, but I think this is what you are talking about.

Answer 3

Actually,it's "The Big Bang Theory" proposed by Edwin Hubble. It is the most widely accepted theory on the origin of the universe.And it states that the universe was formed in an enormous explosion. If you want to see some origins of the universe then here it is. Steady State Theory Oscillating Universe theory. In physical cosmology, the Big Crunch is one possible scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe, in which the metric expansion of space eventually reverses and the universe recollapses, ultimately ending as a black hole singularity.

Answer 4

I am not sure what humankind is expecting to gain from ultimately determining the origin of the universe. I presume simply to satisfy curiosity.

It is only in the past few centuries that we have been able to gather "evidence" based on observations as to what the origins of the universe were. It is like only being able to see a single pixel on a computer screen, and determining what the entire picture is. If you could only see the full-stop at the end of the last sentence, all you would know is that I had completed a sentence, not what the sentence said.

We need to understand the source of the pixel, before we can begin to understand how it contributes to the entire picture, let alone what the picture is.

Your additional comment was a request for the fundamentalists to abstain, yet your question invited everybody's thoughts.

Anyway, I don't believe the "Big Bang" is a credible explanation for the origin of the universe, nor do I adhere to the pure fundamentalist view. I believe the key to life, the universe and everything is Simple Harmonic Motion.

Answer 5

I believe The Big Bang really did happen. There is so much evidence for it. The Big Bang happened everywhere in the universe. After the Big Bang, reactions occurred allowing the creation of matter and antimatter. The Universe has a beginning and that beginning was the Big Bang. I believe the universe will continue to exist, but it is finite since it had a beginning.

Answer 6

"Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?" -- Stephen Hawking in A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, (New York 1988)

Answer 7

Big Bang theory is hypothication. (A theory without proof)..It will not be proved in future as Human will never know what is outside the Hubble Sphere....
Origin of Big Bang theory : It originated from the geometrical and mathematical calculations of distribution of celestial bodies in universe...
Contradictions : First and the foremost is energy - mass equilibrium...i do not exactly know how, but the energy calculations shows that if we consider Big Bang to be true, there should be lot of extra free energy coming into play considering locations of celestial bodies. (This also involves contradiction of Newtonian theory of F=Mg, and new theory for very large distances called Modified Newtonian Dynamics -NWD has been proposed where F is propotional to g2 instead of g)...Alternate theory of NWD says there is un identified free energy in space which works opposite to gravitational pull and hence justifying all locations of celestial bodies in place...

As per your other comment, of several Big Bangs, there is theory of Multiverse, wherein there are several universes floating and these universe are drifting apart from each other with much more speed than speed of light.. (again a controversary as it is difficult to grasp a concept of infinity within infinity)....

Alternate theory of Big Bang - Matter Antimatter theory is more acceptable

Answer 8

Hmm, I've heard no theories supporting that there are an infinite number of dimensions.

Also, what you seem to ignore, or haven't considered is that it isn't just matter condensed into one point, but space itself. This space includes time, given time is one of the dimensions. Recently, Stephen Hawkings has suggested that everything wasn't condensed into a mathematical point (infinitesimally small point), but something a bit larger and less defined in size, due to quantum mechanics and the implications it makes for small particles.

Answer 9

"Given that the universe is of infinite dimensions,..."

Your given information is false. The universe is boundless, but finite. Much like the surface of the earth which has no edge, but a finite area.

"The big bang theory is outragiously STUPID. God made the earth and that's all there is to it."

(Satire on)Yes, the idea that 'God did it magically by uttering a few words instead of following the rules He set up' is a much more intellegent argument. (satire off)

Answer 10

giving what you said that it is infinite all that matter could not have been in 1 spot at 1 time ( being reasonable ) if you try to blow something up in a vacuum reason says it will also come back into itself back on itself . i can only reason that this has happened before we came to light and will repeat in due time again and again not only in 1 spot but in many other spots . nice question