w3wilkes wrote: > The Big Bang was actually the formation of a Black hole. That is how our > universe was created and we're (our universe) inside that black hole. > This allows time to go beyond the creation of our universe because the > collapsing star that created our universe existed in it's own universe > that our universe (black hole) now exists in. This also accounts for our > universe's growth/expansion due to matter being sucked into our black > hole and converted from matter to energy as it crosses the event > horizon. I'm just surprised that this hasn't been realized yet!
I'm aware that I was a little terse and probably unkind to boot in my last post. Having already apologised, may I add that I am actually pleased to find that you make the effort to consider these mind-boggling matters and to form your own opinion (to which you are of course absolutely entitled). I am only trying to separate opinions (however plausible) from facts, or in the case of science from the generally accepted best working hypothesis. And it goes without saying that I am genuinely over the moon that you are not a creationist (no offence intended)! This point is not directed at you, but may I point out that if one were suddenly presented with the concepts of Quantum Mechanics, with no experimental evidence to falsify alternative hypotheses, you might well dismiss them out-of-hand by resorting to the (unscientific) rationale of "that's so unlikely, it cannot possibly be true". Yet for the time being at least we have to accept it in the absence of an alternative hypothesis which chimes with repeatable experimental results. Einstein himself, who was a very lateral thinker, trusted his instincts to his detriment more than once (insertion of "Cosmological Constant" fudge into General Relativity when he didn't like the mathematical implication of an expanding universe that it predicted, prior to Edwin Hubble's observations, together with his dogged refusal to consider the possibility of "spooky action at a distance" implied by Quantum Mechanics). Incidentally, although the mathematics required to complete the Theory of General Relativity was all in existence at the time, Einstein couldn't do it & had to enlist the assistance of a more mathematically gifted colleague. Nothing wrong with that per se, we can't all do everything as a general rule, but the contrast to Newton's approach is noteworthy - when he found that the mathematics necessary to produce his Principia did not exist, he simply invented calculus & carried on. In my opinion, the Principia Mathematica is the most outstanding solo endeavour in the history of science. And despite not normally being noted for his humility he remarked, "If I have seen further, it was only by standing on the shoulders of giants" paying homage to the great mathematicians of history. Perhaps most impressively of all, he was acutely aware that his work did not represent the final word on the subject of physics, and listed 10 issues that he had been unable to understand to his satisfaction and which he therefore deemed worthy of further investigation. None of this is my own work (other than my attempts at exposition), but I find the subject fascinating and remain of the opinion that wisdom is more important than intelligence, and yet when it comes right down to it kindness is the most impressive human quality. I wish I were better at it when I am in pain... Dave (now :) again) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Earring's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106914 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
