What was before the Big Bang? Why did it occur? What is beyond our universe or is it infinite? Are there more dimensions than the 3 we see plus time? Are there parallel universes? Is our universe but a speck of dust in another much bigger universe and so on? How was matter and energy created or where did it come from? When did time start? Was it an infinite time ago - it never started and has always been 'ticking'?
2007-07-23 09:56:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Definitive answers... no.... that huge collider just built in Europe was designed to answer some of those questions. String Theory has some answers on multi dimensions and postulates a multiverse.. (parallel universes) Quantum Physics also addresses some of these issues... there are always new answers and more new questions... for example now it is thought that "Dark Energy and Matter" make up 90% of the Universe... (regular energy and matter that we can see makes up the other 10%..
2007-07-23 10:17:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
>What was before the Big Bang?
Not knowable.
>Why did it occur?
Not knowable.
>What is beyond our universe or is it infinite?
Not knowable
>Are there more dimensions than the 3 we see plus time?
Very likely.
>Are there parallel universes?
Very likely.
>Is our universe but a speck of dust in another much bigger universe and so on?
Anyone for "Horton hears a who"? Possible...
>How was matter and energy created or where did it come from?
Matter and energy are interchangeable. Creation of one except from the other is beyond our current understand, however it is believed that quantum fluctuation on the edge of a black hole can create matter if the generated anti-matter is sucked in before they are annihilate each other.
>When did time start?
When the energy from the big bang cooled enough for form matter and thus a reference to measure it.
>Was it an infinite time ago - it never started and has always been 'ticking'?
Time is not meaningful before the above mentioned event after the big bang.
OK... there you go.
Now, are you going to fill the holes with god?
2007-07-23 17:08:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, I was just listening to a physicist speaking on this very subject last night. They currently think there are 11 dimensions. They can see to the end of our universe currently, but only in the since that that is where time ends (begins) for our universe. He was saying that it is quite conceivable that time has a beginning which doesn't necessarily correlate to the beginning of our universe. (At least that's what I understood.) He was very hopeful that within our lifetime we will have answers to at least some of the questions that you mentioned. His name is Brian Green (e?), BTW. I think he has a book out about this stuff right now.
2007-07-23 17:05:59 · answer #3 · answered by MBC 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's possible. We have some interesting hints along those directions, but the math is still so complex that even the modern greats have trouble wrapping their minds around it.
2007-07-23 17:00:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I met God on a bus once, he told me the meaning of Life and gave me a pretzel. Wish i woulda written it down now. but hey, that was a good pretzel.
2007-07-23 17:01:06 · answer #5 · answered by rankobudgie 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
2007-07-23 17:03:53 · answer #6 · answered by deacon 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think we will never know all the answers on your questions.
2007-07-23 17:05:38 · answer #7 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not while we are alive--we will know when we die but we will be dead
2007-07-23 19:01:58 · answer #8 · answered by slopoke6968 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋