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The discussion centers on the conceptualization of the universe's size and nature immediately after the Big Bang (BB). Participants assert that if the universe is finite, it was extremely small post-BB, yet if it is infinite, it has always been so. Key points include the distinction between the observable universe and the entirety of existence, with emphasis on the universe being finite yet without boundary. The conversation highlights the complexities of visualizing the universe's nascent state, suggesting that it may have occupied the smallest possible quantum of spacetime.

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  • Understanding of the Big Bang theory and its implications.
  • Familiarity with concepts of finite vs. infinite universes.
  • Knowledge of observable universe versus total universe.
  • Basic grasp of quantum mechanics and spacetime concepts.
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  • Research the implications of the Big Bang on cosmic expansion.
  • Explore the concept of the observable universe and its limitations.
  • Study models of finite and infinite universes in cosmology.
  • Investigate quantum mechanics and its relation to spacetime and energy.
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Astrophysicists, cosmologists, students of physics, and anyone interested in the fundamental nature of the universe and its origins.

  • #31
Ryan_m_b said:
Guys and Gals please keep to the discussion at hand. Off-topic posts from now on will be deleted.

GZ on the PF mentor status Ryan! Maybe we can have some good moderation on the "FTL warp drive" inventors and the "lets colonise Mars in the next few weeks" promoters!
 
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  • #32
YummyFur said:
A hurricane is a name for a form of matter and energy. I am positing consciousness as the material substance of the world, literally.

Then you should find a good philosophical forum for this idea then, as this is not the place for that topic.
 
  • #33
YummyFur said:
I am positing consciousness as the material substance of the world, literally.

Yep. Not the place for it. Thread marked for closure.
 
  • #34
YummyFur said:
Simply that 'consiousness' whatever it is, was already existent because as you have already agreed it must have been albeit in a form other than how it is understood. It just seems to me to be a simple logical conclusion.

Yummy, I've been very pleased to see how polite everyone has been about this post. Often the response to such things is quite abrupt. Although several folks have told you nicely that this is not the place for such speculation, they perhaps should have added that you really need to read the forum rules about overly speculative posts so that you'll better understand why you have been getting this message. This is a great forum but it is a SCIENCE forum and far-out theories, particularly ones that are not falsifiable, don't fly.
 
  • #35
This stopped being science a long time ago, if it ever was.

Thread closed.
 

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