and one day it can come to a end, because the bigger part dies? and we just pop?
2007-09-04 14:20:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If the entire universe is one atom, imagine how big the whole must be. Huge-mongous doesn't even begin to describe it.
The universe as we know it will end someday. we don't know when, but we do know it will end. All finite things do. The coming end of the universe has been a truth since the universe began. Don't worry about things you can't do anything about. Too much of that and you'll go very philosophically mad.
2007-09-04 14:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by thejanith 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the Universe were one tiny atom, just imagine what would happen if it "bonds" with another atomic-universe.
The definition of the atom as introduced by Democritus is an INDIVISIBLE piece of matter hence they are technically the smallest piece. The same line of thinking is being pursued by particle physicists in their quest for the ultimate building blocks of the Universe--the tiniest pieces that are indivisible and show no internal structure.
The Universe is like an atom. It is indivisible. You cannot "cut" or dissect it because it is the collection of All things, everything that exists in space-time(or string theory's 11 dimensions). It has an apparent internal structure but if then it could all be just the result of seeing the same thing from different perspectives.
If it is an atom, It's not just gonna die out. The various conservation of invariances prevent that from happening. So be rest assured that we won't be calling for milkboy to save us for a long long time.
2007-09-05 03:20:36 · answer #2 · answered by Aken 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think atoms end when the larger whole they make up disintegrates. When a blade of grass dies, the atoms that composed it continue their existence. The real threat to the atom's existence is when its parts disintegrate. So if you're gonna think that the universe is really an atom, you should probably worry more about what is contained within it coming apart than any threat from the outside. (Although of course those outside of it can trigger atomic fission, like we do, but I think it would still technically be the parts of the atom disintegrating which causes the "death" of the atom.)
2007-09-04 21:55:12 · answer #3 · answered by student_of_life 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And what if today you are struck by lightening, or win the lottery? Are you asking about chance? Life would be so boring without chance ... if we knew everything that would happen, then what use would anything be? We would layourselves down and choose to die. But, are you asking about our relationship to the universe? If the latter then well...one atom, it could not be because one atom is our own definition.. so it would have to be one atom of another's definition. And in that case, what does it matter if you don't know the greater person to whom you are an atom? Should you find this out?
2007-09-04 21:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by dhamca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between an atom and a cell. It couldn't be an atom, because we are surrounded by atoms, but the universe could very well be one single cell. In such a situation, there would be too many unpredictable factors to say what could happen. In fact, anything could happen to it.
2007-09-04 21:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by Candidus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think about it our solar system does resemble an atom. The sun is the neutron and the planets are the electrons. all the different solar systems group into Galaxy's, then an asteroid comes sailing through our solar system (just like a free radical) and sets off a collision, which causes other collisions just like in a nuclear explosion.
We would NOT just pop. we might get vaporised, smashed, or as they say co-mingled with space debris
2007-09-04 21:33:54 · answer #6 · answered by talbot983 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, given the definitions of "atom" and "universe" your question has a bit of difficulty referring to anything. Pretty hard to answer unless this is the "Meaningless Philosophy of Physics" category!
LOL
2007-09-04 22:45:33 · answer #7 · answered by Theron Q. Ramacharaka Panchadasi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, what if? I say we all die, or cease to exist (same thing really) but if it's all at once nobody will notice and it will be bad but only to an observer because it will all happen at once. So is it really 'bad' if there is nobody around to judge? I think it would make no difference what size the universe is.
2007-09-04 22:59:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's strange to think that compared to the rest of the universe, this world that we've created is so small and insignificant, and that one day it may just be destroyed.
2007-09-04 21:25:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know like a pimple on the a== of a bear.
2007-09-08 21:06:20 · answer #10 · answered by Mogollon Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋