The Big Bang theory said time had a beginning, which was when the big bang happened. So, time has a beginning or not?
2007-01-09 14:49:26 · 9 answers · asked by chanljkk 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
... not exactly ...
BB theory might say it like this:
"The universe in which we presently exist 'began' apprx 18*10^9 years ago, but this doesNOT mean that "time began' at that instant."
'time' may have been indeterminate before that event, or a few picoseconds AFTER the BB.
The human consciousness and language-set does not deal very successfully with "referents" which are waaaaay beyond the context of most human conceptualizations ...
It ain't apples and it ain't oranges,so our ability to communicate meaningfully about "it" is diminished.
Buddha is reputed to have said something about not seeking to ":know" the "origin of the universe" in favor of seeking enlightenment.
go figger LOLOL
2007-01-09 14:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by atheistforthebirthofjesus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My personal view about time is that it is "infinitely" variable and can be measured using the equation "Time = Distance divided by Eniforce". I will not explain the equation because it would take too long, but I will mention here that the "Eniforce" part of the equation is short for Energy or Force. Also, do not believe in the Big Bang theory as it cannot explain what happened "before" the Big Bang. Instead, try and believe in the "The Steady State Theory", because at least it eliminates the need for a beginning and an end. You have asked a very interesting question which I hope I have helped you solve to some degree !
2007-01-10 06:21:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contrary to popular belief, the big bang theory is not a theory about the creation of the universe. It's a theory to describe the evolution of the universe after what we call the begining. Time existed before the big bang occured.
2007-01-09 22:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by Patrick M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you accept the bb theory then yes time had a beginning. Ok so the what happened before the beginnig of time? Stephen Hawking had a good answer for this, claiming the question to be meaningless, somewhat like asking where des a sphere start?
2007-01-09 23:16:24 · answer #4 · answered by walter_b_marvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is actually a lightly easier concept than most people make it out to be.
Time is a dimension, just like length. There is no beginning of length. If you had a magical extending ruler, you could extend it out as far as you want, and it would just keep going. (It might hit the edge of the universe, but the ruler is magic, so it can pass through obstacles like that.) We attach a reference to some point so we can measure distances and actually make use of them. (The shop is x km's from my house, for instance.)
You can go back in time as far as you want, we attach the reference to the beginning of the universe so we have some way to express the 'age' of the universe. Likewise, you could extend your ruler the other way - time will continue into the future forever, just that we'll all be dead and there'll be noone left to measure it.
2007-01-09 23:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by tgypoi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No cuz it began for life in geral when the Big Bang happen BUT before that time had already existed.
So probably it does, we just don't know exactly when it stared.
2007-01-09 22:57:27 · answer #6 · answered by Steph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is an abstraction used to order events. When considered in the absence of events, it loses meaning.
2007-01-09 23:03:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
time might not have a beginning but space possibly does have a beginning
2007-01-09 22:54:19 · answer #8 · answered by probug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we weren't there in the beginning and we are gone before the end...
2007-01-09 23:19:46 · answer #9 · answered by Rode|ette ۩ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋