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I don't personally believe in billions an millions of years, but I want to know what people think.
When it come to how old the universe is, I think this website will give a fairly good answer:
[url=http://www.superstringtheory.com/cosmo/cosmo1.html]
Let me go a little off-topic now and discuss how old the totality of existence is. I think that is practically (as is not practical) impossible to answer, but alas I'll give it a shot.
Whether you are Christian or Atheist I think this answer would be generally agreed upon (however I may be). It (the totality of existence) is impossible to say because one cannot measure time in the sense as we know it now before the Big Bang Theory or even before (if there is one(s)) god(s) or God created or in the case of the Big Bang Theory expanded to create space and the universe as we know it.
I probably did a poor job of explaining myself, but that is the best I could do, sorry if it was at all unclear
(however I may be).Correction: (however I may be incorrect), oh and I said cannot when I meant can't.
I don't personally believe in billions an millions of years, but I want to know what people think.
Also, I don't seem to be able to link sites properly
is this just a long way of saying. "we dunno" ?I suppose it is a long way of saying "we dunno". Although I prefer to say a more professional way not "a long way of saying. we dunno".
is impossible to say because one cannot measure time in the sense as we know it now before the Big Bang Theory or even before
To be honest, I think that it could be eons. For some reason, a billion doesn't seem long enough...
I suppose it is a long way of saying "we dunno". Although I prefer to say a more professional way not "a long way of saying. we dunno".
I probably did a poor job of explaining myself, but that is the best I could do, sorry if it was at all unclear
anyway i got my own theory of cycles as i explained a few times already.
so the univers simple has always existed. there is no such thing as "befor the universe / creation".
anyway i got my own theory of cycles as i explained a few times already.
Only problem with that is the likely shape of the universe make it unlikely
I will go with what scienists predict, and that was like what 5 biljon years? I can't remember.
likely shape of the universe? makes it unlikely?
plz. explain.
Now try blowing a bubble with the gum. This would be like a spherical universe. Unlike flattening the gum out the bubble eventually will reach a critical point, deflate and collapsing back in on itself. (your cycle)
from our observations of the universe compared to models of a flat, curves and spherical one it matches a flat universe the best. So we can expect everything to evenly thin out and the matter inside to settle and cool due to lack of interaction.
But there is only so much matter in the universe (ignoring antimatter since it's not yet quite understood). Your idea about the cycles due to black holes would only work if matter was ubiquitary and more or less evenly spread, which would not work over time if the universe had finite borders.
Your idea about the cycles due to black holes would only work if matter was ubiquitary and more or less evenly spread,
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