Posted on 04/16/2005 4:19:09 PM PDT by beavus
A crucial point lost on many who try to criticize big bang theories. Notice here that the word "before" loses its usual meaning, so that a more accurate statement of the theory would be, "There was no 'before the big bang'." That is, in the simplest version of the theory all existence, all that is true, is within the time frame of the big bang. This is because the time frame encompasses the universe, which is everything including time. Any thought of something outside the expanding universe is a fiction, or at best a pure speculation.
Some critics unwittingly presume a "before the big bang" exists when they levy their criticism of it. For instance, the question, "What came before the big bang?" entails such a misunderstanding of the basic theory.
But with a Big Band, time really drags. It's just not my thing, sorry.
Tommy Dorsey fan? Or Jimmy?
But there was rhythm!
If there's no "before," why does the author say "before"?
> Before the Big Band, there was no space or time.
Yes but there were Fats Waller and Gershwin and Paul Whiteman and a host of others.
Whatever time is, I certainly don,t have enough of it.
And why, pray tell, does the passing of it affect the joints?!
You bet there was rhythm. It was taught me by Melody, a buxom young lass who enjoyed Glenn Miller as much as Aerosmith.
We may not know what time is, but that doesn't stop us
from manipulating it.
|
|
Gilbert and Sullivan.
The question can only be answered by lawyers. Seems that is all they talk about.
http://einstein.stanford.edu/
http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/Cosmology.html
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm
:-)
Go rent the movie...What the "bleep" do we know? All your answers are in there!
So there was a time when there was no time. The concept is so everyday and trivial that it is impossible to misunderstand. Why, it happens every day, sometimes even more frequently.
"What is time?"
Ask Dr. Who
Time. We don't know if we pass though it, or if it passes through us. The only thing we know for sure is the older we get, the faster it goes.
Our perception of time varies, since time passes fast when you're having fun and drags when you're not. And doesn't gravity affect time, too?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
