Why does the universe has such a huge amount of Energy?

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The discussion centers on the vast amount of energy in the universe and questions its significance and origin. Participants explore whether the universe has a finite energy supply, noting that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed. The idea that the universe contains the exact amount of stars and energy it could support is emphasized, suggesting a normalization of cosmic quantities. Speculation arises about the existence of multiple universes with varying masses and energy levels, which could explain the specific conditions of our universe. The conversation concludes with references to ongoing research about potential unseen structures influencing our universe, hinting at a larger multiverse concept.
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Y accept the existence of the universe and the existence of effective energy within it, but, is there a reason because of the incalculable (hope the word exists) amount of that energy? I know that this question is more philosophical than physical... but maybe someone can give some sort of answer...
 
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I was going to move this to an approriate forum, but I don't understand your question.
 
Then erase it, maybe a stupid question, but I thought some could tell something about big-bang.
Why does exists millions of millions of millions of stars intead of just 1?
Maybe is definately a stupid question, like Why is the universe so powerfull?... and,

Does the universe have a finite energy?

That is the most clear version of my question.
 
Well think about it as "normalization". Our universe has as much energy as a universe is supposed to have. There is nothing to compare it to. Its like asking why there are so many blades of grass in a field. Its a huge number, but you really can't judge. You cannot compare a number to "1" and say whether it is large or not. Is 2 a large number of eyes? Is 6 billion a large number of people? etc.

Just because a number is "astronomical" does not mean it is extraordinary. The universe right now has exactly the amount of stars it COULD have had. No more, no less.
 
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Then erase it, maybe a stupid question, but I thought some could tell something about big-bang.

No problem. I just didn't quite understand what you meant.
 
You're right, but in all Earth we can assume that the number of grass blades is finite... can we assume the same for the energy of the universe?
 
Energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another, or passed from one body to another, but the total amount of energy remains constant.

So, even a little energy is infinite.
 
It does seem like an interesting question in that I'd be interested in hearing speculation on what the result of the universe having more or less energy would be. It would effect cosmic inflation behavior at least, right?
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You're right, but in all Earth we can assume that the number of grass blades is finite... can we assume the same for the energy of the universe?

To the best of our knowledge, yes.
 
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Why the universe contains this particular mass is a very good question.
There is no reason (that we know about) that the initial singularity couldn't create a universe of any mass.

It could simply be that there are (were/is/will-be - English cases don't really cope with multiple universes) many universes of different masses, life can only exist if they have a certain size and so we observe only the universe that we could observe.
 
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There is one hypothesis floating around that has universes constantly bubbling up in a process of infinite creation, but only those universes having critically valued physical constants, such as the total energy of the universe, can exist.

It has often been noted that were the physical constants slighty different than what we find, the universe as we know it could not exist.
 
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On a related note, this was in the news today, but I don"t see a formal publication listed yet, so even the modeling of the hard data, not to mention grand interpretations of that data, have to be taken with a grain of salt for now.

Something may be out there. Way out there.

On the outskirts of creation, unknown, unseen "structures" are tugging on our universe like cosmic magnets, a controversial new study says.

The presence of the extra-universal matter suggests that our universe is part of something bigger—a multiverse—and that whatever is out there is very different from the universe we know, according to study leader Alexander Kashlinsky, an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081105-dark-flow.html
 
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Pish! Dark flows are so September 2008.
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I'm not surprised. I have been completely preoccupied with the election.
 

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