Re: possible big bang misconception

conrad wrote:
When people discuss the big bang, you often hear
someone remark 'how can something come from nothing'?

And while such a question marks the start of
an argument from ignorance, I'm inclined
to think that such a question exhibits some
misconception.

What is the currently held view in relation to this?
I've read that the start of the big bang was due to a
collision(I suppose a collision taking place in a higher
dimension?) and producing this three dimensional
result(our universe).

Thoughts?

--
conrad


The big bang says that the observable universe was smaller, hotter
and denser in the past.

For ideas about "how can something come from nothing?" see:
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=541

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