[Case] > I think the point here is that whatever "caused" the big bang or whatever > "happened before" it have no causal impact in our world. Space and time > for us start at that point. It is the first cause.
[Platt] How can space and time be created since it takes time and space to create? [Case] Space and time are not "things" and they certainly aren't separate "things". They are one. Time is evident in the first spatial dimension. The first dimension is a line connecting A to B. If you can specify a distance between the two points it can be expressed in units of time or space equally well. Matter is space/time bent in on itself. You must have seen those gravity wells that let you roll a coin into the center. The coin gets faster and faster as it rolls in ever tighter spirals until it falls into a hole not much bigger than the coin. Matter is this kind of curvature of space itself. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
