Seriously, is the Big Bang theory rubbish?

Question

Come on, we humans like to kid ourselves we have the answers but the Big Bang theory is just pants!

You are telling me at some point there was nothing, absolutely nothing at all in space then for no reason at all 'poof' it all just began (because everything HAS to have a start doesn’t it?) ?

I'm a true believer in science and I am not arguing religion here, there must be an explanation, maybe one we can’t comprehend but surely something can't just appear from nothing? I read once maybe time is a illusion created by us mere humans with limited lifespan and perhaps there was never a start, everything always was but I don't buy that argument, too hippy. Maybe there is nothing, just a consciousness because what would be the point of planets and stars etc if nothing existed to know it was there, if nothing knows something is there then is it? A lone consciousness, a mere imagination that exists in nothing

Obviously I don't have the answers lol but I don't believe in the big bang

The immortal doesn't have the answer, no one does so you can't argue who is right or wrong.

Daniel thank you for you reply but you say something WAS there at the start but my question is how did that get there, everything must have a begining so what was before the begining and what made something appear. I know noone has an answer to this but I'm interested in peoples ideas

Answer 1

I'm with you. I don't believe there was a Big Bang either, so try this...........

We are all individuals, so our experience of "the" universe is each of our universes. I experience the universe through my senses (sound, light, feeling - including heat, smell, and taste, as well as any "undiscovered" senses, but we won't go there!). You experience the universe through your senses. So, I have a universe and you have a universe, which is different to mine because we have both had different experiences in our life.

Stay with me here......

My universe has only one end (let's call it the "start"). That end is where my senses tell me I am now. There is no "other end" to the universe, since as soon as I get there, I am at the new "start "of my universe. A bit like chasing a rainbow's end. The same is true for you, however our "start"'s will never be the same, since I can never occupy the same "space" as you at the same "time" as you. So, we are living in "parallel" universes.

Time and space are very poor descriptions that humankind gives to concepts that we cannot comprehend (yet). Newton (and Einstein for that matter - no pun intended!) was confined to the earth, where linearity is the best approximation in life. Really, Newtons First Law would be better expressed as "Everything continues in Simple Harmonic Motion unless acted upon by an external force.". Imagine a flat air table that extended in all directions for millions of miles or kilometers. If you place a puck on it and give it a push, it will eventually return to the place it started as the earth's gravitational pull will bring it back to the closest point it can get to the earth. Think about it, all motion is really simple harmonic, it's just that we are often looking at a very small part of the path of an object.

Anyway, I believe that in the decades and centuries to come, humankind will realise this oversight and the universe will suddenly take on a whole new "meaning".

Again, I agree with you....there was no Big Bang.

Answer 2

Science is trying to refine physical laws to help look back a little closer to the very beginning. We will need a quantum theory of gravity to take that next step. Remember the Big Bang theory was the replacement for the Steady State theory which assumed a relatively stable universe. Hubble's observations caused a lot of grief because most were quite comfortable with the SS.

Regarding the question of creating something from nothing, that happens all the time on a quantum level, and many cosmologists believe the sum total mass/energy of the universe might add up to a big fat zero after considering the negative contribution of the gravitational wells created by the mass/energy.

Answer 3

Scott - by your very own argument time itself must have had a beginning in which case what happen before time? Ah we seem to have a dichotomy.

The point I'm trying to make here is that time and space "started" with the big bang. There was no space nor time before the big bang as it as expanded space and time have been created.

There is also some very very good evidence that the big bang occurred (IE the microwave background radiation). Although I must admit that we don't know what happened in the very early universe (we talking the first trillionths of a second here) and there is a good chance that we never will.

I'm not too sure about your science background but trust me I'm a scientist and the big bang is by far the best theory to date.

It is good however that you are skeptically but in this case the argument is fairly watertight.

Answer 4

I think its a lot more likely than the Bible's explanation for it!

I think the point about the Big Bang theory is that its the most plausible explanation anyonwe has come up with yet. Obviously no one was there, and it was so many million of years ago, that we may well never know. Like I say, I think scientists needed a retort to the religious types, and the BIg Bang provides the most *scientific* answer to that question.

If you don't believe in the Big Bang, or the religious explanation, then go and study it in depth! Who knows - you might be the next Darwin, and find the answer!

Answer 5

No, the theory isn't rubbish.
There are two sorts of theories, those which are made by people without any understanding, and those which are made by people who have looked at all the available data. It doesn't mean all the data fitted into the theory, it just means most did.
The big bang model was proposed because it best fitted the data, criteria stipulated at that time, laws of physics, and advanced mathematics.
You are right, there is an answer because we are here.
You might like to check out Barry Setterfield's website. He has done a lot of good stuff.

Answer 6

Back Ground Radition is our main argument towards the big bang Theroy, to understand the concept and a very good grounding in cosmology from the egyptions to present day Stephen Hawking read the Big Bang Theroy and why you need to know it!

This book will explain our current knowledge off the big band theroy and why it is the front contender for the start of the universe.

Answer 7

well, you have almost everything right, but the Big Bang theory says that in the begining there WAS something, actually, EVERYTHING, put together in a very little space.

All this matter in so little space has a lot of density, and also, it`s under very strong pressure. At some point, this insanely-high levels of density and presure got inestable, so the whole thing blew, and here we go!!

That's the thing, more or less

Answer 8

Before the "big bang" there was no space or time, so there is no concept of "where" or "when" or "what" before the "big bang". It's just the point where the space and time dimensions extrapolate back to zero. As far as "how" is concerned, I have no idea...

Answer 9

The whole story and disbelief on the Big Bang theory is usually drawn from ignorance and misconceptions. I advise you to visit two excellent websites to read about the Big Bang and understand why the Big Bang stands alone as the premiere theory in cosmology today.

http://angryastronomer.blogspot.com/2006/07/big-bang-common-misconceptions.html

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/cosmology.php

Answer 10

Can people on this site please research stuff before bleating out crap! Nobody can be 100% sure about the big bang theory but there are informative articles about it read those- and if your too lazy to read them then just shut your trap and don't pretend that you know more about it than people who have spent there life studying it.