Before The Big Bang

[poliphilo]

According to Horizon it's no longer scientifically illiterate to wonder what happened before the Big Bang. A convenor asked a room full of mega brains, "Who believes there was something before the Big Bang?" and every hand went up- though some only to half mast. There are many theories to be considered. The one that sticks with me- probably because its so simple- is that the universe expands, contracts and expands again- like breathing in and out. 

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

Yes well, if time started at the Big Bang, then by definition there was nothing "before" it. Simples. Although I can't get my head round it either.

I think it is more interesting to ask "If once there was nothing, what caused the Big Bang?"

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but some of today's physicists are querying the Big Bang itself. Or at least querying its status as a unique event.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I watched it! Am I any the wiser? I can understand that our big bang might not be the only one but if there is a series of bangs, what started the first one? That is probably a dumb question.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't understand it. I don't think the scientists do either. The universe just keeps getting bigger and older and more awesome...