Questions tagged [universe]
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Can the idea of continuity make sense in the real world?
In mathematics, continuity is a core concept, especially in calculus, where a function is considered continuous if it lacks discontinuities such as jumps or gaps. This mirrors the completeness attribute of real numbers, asserting that there is no…
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Why does anything happen?
Intuitively, stuff happens because we decide it should happen. If you don't do anything, nothing will happen. And your decisions come from your concsiousness.
However, in the Universe, things are constantly happening, despite there being no human…
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Can one not know if they are lying to themselves?
The notion is that one is believed to be lying regarding something they refuse is true -- or in other words "lying to themselves" really means telling yourself something that isn't true when you know it is.
My questioning is, can you not know a…
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Why is science about the origin of the universe seen as equally reliable as other sciences?
How can we have so much confidence in something like the Big Bang theory when we haven’t observed it?
It is true that we can’t observe air but we detect it in the present. It is true that we can’t observe historical events but we can detect similar…
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Does the idea that universe obeys logical laws paradoxical?
Sorry if this is the wrong place, I've asked this question elsewhere, and I've been told this place is better for this.
Here is the idea:
The universe obeys logical laws or it does not. If it does not, it's basically chaos, I guess, which is…
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is this universe flat world?
Could hypothetically, our 3d world be analogous to flat world? Could gravity be a 4d machine and our 3d plane unable to see the parts of the 4d machine?
What critical thinking can be used to study this possibility?
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What could be before Big Bang
The question is, what was before Big Bang 13 billions years ago..
I know that Big Bang is questioned as a four-dimension fact. So time was one dimension and it was created in a moment of Big Bang. There is also bran cosmology that describes…
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why didn't Void remain as Void forever?
Before the Universe..
it was always void.
Void has no beginning.
In-fact only Void can have no beginning.
Because only something that does not exist... can be beginning-less.
the question is..
why didn't it permanently remain.. stay.. as void…
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Is it logical to say the universe is omniscient/ omnipresent?
If the universe encompasses all of causality does it contain all knowledge within in, and furthermore exist in all aspects of it? Or is there a paradox that limits its ability or a contradiction you can impose?
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eternal universe vs. creation in greek phillosophy
I read that Greek philosophers believed in an eternal universe.
How could they believe in gods creators at the same time?
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Why is there something rather than nothing?
Our presence in the universe is something too bizarre for words. The mundaneness of our daily lives cause us take our existence for granted — but every once in awhile we're cajoled out of that complacency and enter into a profound state of…
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Isn't the universe a hypocrite?
The universe, throughout its existence, seems trying to minimize all the things (or trying to find most simple/easiest state/way or Nash equilibrium, whatever you call it).
According to the second law of thermodynamics it seems that universe…
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Why do many physicists flat out refuse to think of what could be "before the Big Bang"?
I understand that physics works based on very elegantly and intuitively developed mathematical theory, and we are still in the process of figuring out a complete, unified theory: but I have noticed a lot of people who study or work on physics that…
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Is the universe abundant?
Is the universe abundant enough for accommodating everyone? If we compare it with a pie, should we never feel insecure that someone might get a bigger share of the pie? Because the pie is abundant and we can get how much ever we want.
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Why do we perceive that the universe is expanding, when considered 4D as shown by Einstein and Eddington its not moving at all since time is included?
How is it possible to take up space from a space less dimension? The universe expanding, begs the question what is it expanding into?
If it is something then why is it therefore not still part of the universe and therefore it is not expanding. And…
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