Penrose claims to have glimpsed universe before Big Bang
November 26, 2010
Circular patterns within the cosmic microwave background suggest that space and time did not come into being at the Big Bang but that our universe in fact continually cycles through a series of “eons.” That is the sensational claim being made by University of Oxford theoretical physicist Roger Penrose, who says that data collected by NASA’s WMAP satellite support his idea of “conformal cyclic cosmology.”
[ Physics World ]
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by creativeintelligence
Ahhh, the long-troubling concept of where did it all come from? To me this is the better of the two answers, it has always been here, recycling over eons. If you put a beginning on each event, you continue into the infinite past looking for beginnings that at some point cease to be a possibility, and this path is even more troubling. Where did energy itself come from? The fabric of the universe, even for that matter (pun intended) where did the absence of all things come from? The very emptiness of space begs for a beginning in our minds. But no ideas, no big bang theory covers it, no one has that answer. So, until we do, Ill accept Penrose Theory over all else.
by CyberneticImmortality.com
To quote creativeintelligence, “If you put a beginning on each event, you continue into the infinite past looking for beginnings that at some point cease to be a possibility, and this path is even more troubling.”.
Examine what is being said there, it’s a disturbing route. You end up with a dilemma where by all acounts there seems to be no possible explanation for our existence. You can overcome the mystery of where the mass/energy came from by defining a physics that allows that, but how do you overcome the problem of the origin of a defined, specific, operating physics?
Don’t panic, I think, therefore I am……
by CyberneticImmortality.com
Spelling Correction….
One can always salvage a big bang theory by defining a physics which permits the instantiation of the required mass and energy and the big bang. But I have never noticed anyone conclusively rule out the big bang theory as a theory which can explain the origin of the universe by noting the need for a specific physics to be set in motion at the zero moment. The physics of our universe are very specific, a universe could just as well be a two dimensional universe with entirely different field equations, what set the specific physics in motion?
by marty weiss
Like a heartbeat, a pulse, as I have long thought.