Posted on 04/24/2018 10:57:04 AM PDT by ETL
Sound is broked.
I knew I shouldn’t have stopped giving to PBS thirty years ago.
I’m sure it is wonderful, but I’m also quite sure it won’t explain, but rather posit.
I can do that too.
Sorry about the video. Should have checked it first. I had remembered seeing the clip in an old documentary titled Creation of the Universe, hosted by Timothy Ferris.
I found this transcript of the segment...
“The universe may have begun in a state of perfect symmetry. . . .
Perfect symmetry may be beautiful, but it is sterile; perfectly symmetrical space means nothingness. . . .
It may even be that we owe the very origin of our universe to the imperfection of the breaking of the absolute symmetry of absolute emptiness. There is even a theory to this effect.
It’s called vacuum genesis and it suggests that the universe began as a single particle arising from an absolute vacuum.
Curious as it may seem, this idea violates none of the known laws of physics. We have seen how virtual particles come into existence all the time from a vacuum and then fall back into non-existence. . . .
It’s just possible that there might have been absolutely nothing out of which came a particle so potent that it could blossom into the entire universe. It is not very likely, but then it only had to happen once. Out of nothingness could have come the spark of genesis.”
Timothy Ferris
The Creation of the Universe, 1985
http://www.vacuumgenesis.com/definition.html
Very pretty.
Glad it works for you.
On the other hand the whole thing could of popped out in a fart from Beezlebub.
It would only have had to happen once!
For what it’s worth...
‘A Universe From Nothing’ by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science
1,979,617 views
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo
One universe to another: "Man, I haven't see you in 14 billion years. You sure did blow up! I told you to lay off the carbs."
Regarding that lecture video I just posted a link to, if you can tolerate the typical liberal-academic arrogance and elitism, you may gain some insight into the current ideas of what the ‘experts’ think may have preceded the big bang.
...I would suggest taking a pass on that lecture video I linked to. I tried to watch it but couldn’t tolerate the liberal academic a-holes.
Thanks again for offering your thoughts!
This video is a lot better...
It’s a different person, despite the identical title.
“Something From Nothing”: Virtual Particles and Gravity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UzLDkMfR_60
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