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Quantum Equation Suggests Universe Had No Beginning
cyberspittle writes: The universe may have existed forever, according to a new model that applies quantum correction terms to complement Einstein's theory of general relativity. The model may also account for dark matter and dark energy, resolving multiple problems at once. "In addition to not predicting a Big Bang singularity, the new model does not predict a "big crunch" singularity, either. In general relativity, one possible fate of the universe is that it starts to shrink until it collapses in on itself in a big crunch and becomes an infinitely dense point once again. ... In cosmological terms, the scientists explain that the quantum corrections can be thought of as a cosmological constant term (without the need for dark energy) and a radiation term. These terms keep the universe at a finite size, and therefore give it an infinite age. The terms also make predictions that agree closely with current observations of the cosmological constant and density of the universe."
Science can't disprove that the Universe already is Hell. Enjoy suffering for all Eternity!
and that involves a certain plant, a yard of gummed-edge pressed wood pulp and a bucket of munchies.
Political debates have me rolling my eyes so much I think I got optical whiplash. I should sue. - Foamy The Squirrel
...it's turtles, all the way down.
Table-ized A.I.
A few years ago, a colleague proposed the idea that North-European population are tall because of an adaptation to the colder climate.
He could prove his theory but only for a perfectly spherical viking.
Two experimentally physicists, with one shouting: "Oh God, shut if off! Shut it off!"
But seriously, as AC has posted, the question is meaningless if time "started" at the point of the Big Bang. Hard to get your head around maybe. I know my mother has problems with it, but she also poses strange questions like "why aren't apes having human babies now." It's like a hundred years of science has just slipped past her.
I see your Electric Universe theory, and raise you a Time Cube.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it
LOL ... "I can see paradise by the hydrogen glow" ... "Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you!!!"
Lost at C:>. Found at C.