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The Big Bang was not the beginning (cyclic universe, Hindu cosmology) - C C - Jun 29, 2024
https://iai.tv/articles/the-big-bang-was-not-the-beginning-auid-2877?_auid=2020
INTRO: We think the Big Bang was the beginning of time and space itself. But there are problems with this story. The energy of empty space – known as the cosmological constant – poses one major problem. The cosmological constant is 120 orders of magnitude smaller than the standard Big Bang theory suggests it should be, a finding that scientists have called "the largest discrepancy between theory and experiment in all of science”. A solution is found in the idea of the cyclical universe. The cosmological constant has been winding down over a cycle of multiple Big Bangs and Big Crunches.
EXCERPT: . . . The strength of the cyclic model is that it can explain why the cosmological constant has the value it does. It also does away with the assumption that the value must have been “fine-tuned” by God.
The idea of an endless universe, going through a cycle of birth, death and rebirth (Big Bang, Big Crunch, Big Bang) finds a surprisingly similar parallel to some religious ideas too. For example, the “wheel of time” is a concept found in Hinduism and Buddhism and it regards time as being cyclical, consisting of repeating ages. The Hindu, Buddhist and Jain concept of samsara is also similar to the idea of a cyclical universe. Samsara means “continuous flow” and it is the repeating cycle of birth, death and rebirth (rebirth also known as reincarnation).
In Hindu philosophy, the universe was created by Brahman (the Big Bang), the life of the universe is maintained by Vishnu, and the universe will at some point be destroyed by Shiva (the Big Crunch). This process goes on for eternity. In a number of stories found in the Puranas, a collection of ancient Hindu texts, the continual creation and destruction of the universe is symbolised by the outwards and inwards breath of the cosmic giant Maha Vishnu, a supreme god beyond all human comprehension. In Hindu cosmology, each universe exists for over 4 trillion years... (MORE - missing details)
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Sounds like far longer than that...
Hindu cosmology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology#Time
RE: The Big Bang was not the beginning (cyclic universe, Hindu cosmology) - stryder - Jun 29, 2024
(Jun 29, 2024 12:27 AM)C C Wrote: https://iai.tv/articles/the-big-bang-was-not-the-beginning-auid-2877?_auid=2020
INTRO: We think the Big Bang was the beginning of time and space itself. But there are problems with this story. The energy of empty space – known as the cosmological constant – poses one major problem. The cosmological constant is 120 orders of magnitude smaller than the standard Big Bang theory suggests it should be, a finding that scientists have called "the largest discrepancy between theory and experiment in all of science”. A solution is found in the idea of the cyclical universe. The cosmological constant has been winding down over a cycle of multiple Big Bangs and Big Crunches.
EXCERPT: . . . The strength of the cyclic model is that it can explain why the cosmological constant has the value it does. It also does away with the assumption that the value must have been “fine-tuned” by God.
The idea of an endless universe, going through a cycle of birth, death and rebirth (Big Bang, Big Crunch, Big Bang) finds a surprisingly similar parallel to some religious ideas too. For example, the “wheel of time” is a concept found in Hinduism and Buddhism and it regards time as being cyclical, consisting of repeating ages. The Hindu, Buddhist and Jain concept of samsara is also similar to the idea of a cyclical universe. Samsara means “continuous flow” and it is the repeating cycle of birth, death and rebirth (rebirth also known as reincarnation).
In Hindu philosophy, the universe was created by Brahman (the Big Bang), the life of the universe is maintained by Vishnu, and the universe will at some point be destroyed by Shiva (the Big Crunch). This process goes on for eternity. In a number of stories found in the Puranas, a collection of ancient Hindu texts, the continual creation and destruction of the universe is symbolised by the outwards and inwards breath of the cosmic giant Maha Vishnu, a supreme god beyond all human comprehension. In Hindu cosmology, each universe exists for over 4 trillion years... (MORE - missing details)
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Sounds like far longer than that...
Hindu cosmology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology#Time
Q: When do you stop looking for something? A "when you have found whatever it is you are looking for."
It possible that a universe filled initially with probability cancels out what it doesn't need to be left with what is needed. In that instance rather than having a huge amount of energy tied to further evolutions of physics, we have the default "stable" universe that we know. If it wasn't stable, then it would be too unstable to exist within.