Magic,
God,
It didn't,
Pick one and BELIEVE!
2007-10-14 05:45:49
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answer #1
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answered by glenbarrington 7
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The idea that energy can neither be created of destroyed is SO fundamental to modern science, it is called "The First Law"
So so the HERESY that nothing can JUST became something is more or less exclusive to that sect of neo mystics known as quantum physicists.
If you reject the "It came from nothing" theory, there are two basic theoretical options.
1.) matter/energy always existed. E.g. the big bang was proceeded by the big crunch. (JFTR -very similar to the God always was argument of classical religions.)
2.) There exists a thing called 'Anti-Energy'. When our theoretical Anti Energy photon of comes in contact with an equivalent Energy photon they cancel each other out and yield nothingness. So the paradox of something from nothing is resolved if the sum of everything is still nothing.
Residual Ultra Low AE photons could explain the current confusion regards the apparent accelerating expansion of the universe, by accounting for some of the observed Red Shift.
2007-10-14 13:59:38
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answer #2
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answered by Phoenix Quill 7
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That's a question that has long puzzled scientists.
Scientists know that the universe was created out of the big bang.
They said that the universe was at first a large amount of energy and matter compressed into a tiny space
and then BOOM!
But the ultimate question is what happened BEFORE the big bang?
Was the energy there to begin with, or did the universe spontaneously arise out of nothing?
The definite answer is not out there yet, although there are many possible theories.
The world of science is waiting for the quantum theory of gravity which is said to solve most of these questions once and for all. (this theory would provide us with the physics governing the universe in the first few seconds and thus, may help us solve this problem)
2007-10-14 13:32:21
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answer #3
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answered by Brian Ong 3
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No one knows why there is something rather than nothing. This is a great philosophical question. (The glib answer is that if there were nothing, we wouldn't be here to ask the question.) There's a nice discussion of this question in Robert Nozick's book "Philosophical Explanations".
The total energy content of the Universe could be zero---the positive energy of all the "stuff" is balanced by negative gravitational potential energy. So the stuff of the Universe comes from the separation of positive and negative energies. There is no scientific explanation of how that happened, however.
2007-10-14 14:20:33
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answer #4
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answered by cosmo 7
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1. God
2. It was always here
3. We dont exist
4. Quantum fluctuations with gravity started to spin the existing virtual particles, eventually creating an avalanche of mass that would become the big bang due to gravity
2007-10-14 14:28:15
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answer #5
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answered by The Ponderer 3
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The universe was never nothing. It is everything as a whole.
The only thing that can truly be defined as nothing is the space vacuum.
2007-10-14 12:47:34
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answer #6
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answered by Jenna F 2
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Isn't it amazing what God is capable of! And to know that someday, standing in His presence, He will let us know all the mysteries of the universe!
2007-10-14 12:50:47
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answer #7
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answered by missingora 7
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1 cup of milk
4 cups of flour
1 cup of sugar
2 tsp of vanilla
2 eggs
Oh wait, that's a recipe for cookies... I made it.
2007-10-14 12:46:45
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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