Craig: where has that "primordial singularity" come from? and what "expansion"? I like to use terms beyond hearsay or fantasy. (Of course MY narrative is fantasy based on hearsay, - B U T it makes sense in its cosequences, I think.) John M
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]>wrote: > On Feb 20, 4:30 am, Kim Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > Probably. From a friend of mine on Facebook: "Is it possible that the > notion of the universe expanding is really an illusion based on the fact > that WE are shrinking?" > > > > Perhaps this idea might be used as a "stepping-stone" to a better idea. > Go on, have a laugh if you want but tell me why this cannot be in any sense > possible. Conversely, tell me why it might be possible if you think so. > > > > Kim Jones > > I think that is not only possible, but I think that it has to be the > case. I call my cosmological origin myth 'The Big Diffraction' rather > than the Big Bang for just that reason. If spacetime is created by the > expansion of the primordial singularity, then that means that there > was neither space nor time before the moment of 'expansion'. Therefore > we, and everything in the entire universe was, is, and always will be > physically within the event horizon of the big bang. It cannot be > expanding outside of its own event horizon, so it is space and time > which are surging inward, or within-ward. > > We see it as an expansion and forward arrow of time, but that would > make sense since that would be the perspective of a subjective > experience within the spacetime implosion. Objectively, it is the > ratio between mass and space in the universe which is shrinking as > more space is created through the passage of more time (or time is > created through the multiplication of space). The shrinking mass ratio > can also be thought of as energy's entropic exhaust. Events/ > experiences build significance (meaning, sequence) and kick out > entropy (space). This is what the universe is; a testing ground for > significance vehicles. > > Craig > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
