Evolution........You sure???

Question

If the big bang theory is true then could somebody possibly give me some information as to what created the bang. The concept of something being produced from nothing just seems too weird. pls help!!!

Answer 1

The concept known as the Big Bang is not related in any way to the notion of evolution.

Evolution describes the way living things have developed here on earth as a result of very small changes from generation to generation. If living things give birth to successive generations, then they must undergo changes from one generation to the next, and these changes accumulate until later generations are significantly different from their forbears. This is obvious to anyone who observes the world of living things clearly, and it is a fact that cannot be denied.

The notion of the Big Bang is a hypothetical--though supported by large volumes of observational data--explanation for the mechanism by which the visible universe came into existence. As the years pass, the Big Bang becomes a more and more plausible explanation.

I am sorry if it seems weird, but "weird" is a very personal and subjective experience. If you study the universe through scientific rigor, you will encounter many things that you have to admit are true, but that seem "weird."

To me, for example, the fact that the moon and the sun, which are extremely unlike each other, just happen to appear exactly the same size in the sky is "weird." Saturn's rings look pretty weird to me.

So in science, "weird" doesn't disqualify anything from being correct.

Have fun!

Answer 2

Yes, that concept is very weird. It is what one might *expect* when talking about the Universe at its extremes. Scientists don't have a good explanation for what happened at time zero. In fact, there might not have even been such a thing, by our reckoning. Just like there is no center or edge of the Universe. But at least the observed evidence is consistent with the Big Bang. No other theory can claim that.

Yep, the only thing more impossible to explain is where God came from. But then, there is no evidence that God exists, so why fret over it?

Now where was that evolution question? As far as *that* is concerned, yes, I'm sure.

Answer 3

There's been great answers to this one so far.

Some people believe in the Big Bang theory and think the God theory nutty.
Some believe in the God theory and think the Big Bangers are nuts.
But if I was hungry, I'd take the nut you can see with your own eyes and eat it.
The other nuts are like the ones you eat at a kiddies pretend tea party. You can't see em, you can't taste em, but you go through the motions anyhow.

Answer 4

time to hit the books!

no answers on Yahoo is gonna help much, so read some or take some physics/astronomy classes.

the Big Bang is a theory steeped in General Relativity, so most of us are just gonna have to read the Popular Science version.

Yeah, its pretty hard to believe in words, but the math is better, i hear.

PS... Evolution? What do you think that has to do with the Big Bang?

Answer 5

here is one link that talks about a program aired for general public consumption on vacuum genesis.
in a nutshell. space is not uniform. the are bends waves and hidden energy in space. given an infinite amount of time.. space can generate something into existence. though that would take a long long long time. but since we have infinity and infinite probability yup that is gonna happen. (that last sentence is so funny in a science way)

Answer 6

Well, either something came from nothing, or something always existed having no beginning. Or possibly, there is always a cause for every effect - going back forever, and the chain itself stretches back to infinity.... no matter what you choose to believe, it's mind boggling.

Answer 7

Explosion, of what was in the surrounding area.. its a theory, not proven yet. Something had to be there if that was the case.