Recent content by V_K

"The view that is generally accepted as being the most correct by the majority of science"

Scientific truth is not established by voting of a majority. The above citation is about the current state of current science ignorance in cosmology and it directly applies to the question discussed in this topic. Cosmology differs from classic physics where mainstream is really an unshakable...

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-ams-particle-detector-international-space.html: "Never in the history of science have we been so aware of our ignorance," said AMS [Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer] Deputy Spokesperson Roberto Battiston. "Today we know that we do not know anything about what...

You sounded peremptory and it is not acceptable in such a question. Nice that now you had to realize it. I came here not on your invitation, so let me ignore your silly suggestion. In turn I would advice you to use "imho" more often when talking about unsolved problems of physics.

that example with balloon is not explaining your approach - each balloon has its center. Each bubble has its center. Btw there are scientists believing in multiverse in which our universe is just one the the multitude of bubbles. Of course with its centers. "there was no space there for it to...

for quantum world and macroworld you will have quite different answers. In general you can not break something without damage to structure. You have to apply a force to break something, and you spend energy for that. You always change the energy state by rendering a force.

Why? Big bang happened at single point, and expansion is from that point. Expansion is always from somewhere to somewhere. If it happen to be a collapse of the universe than it shall collapse also to a single point, some very single point with some specific coordinates in our so far 3D perceived...