Re: possible big bang misconception



On Apr 28, 1:09 pm, conrad <con...@xxxxxxxxxx> 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

That sort of presupposes time existing outside the universe.
You might as well ask, if the universe is finite in dimension, then
what's on the other side of the edge of it?

.



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