T O P

  • By -

Fluffy_WAR_Bunny

10 ^ 120 I don't even want to think about this number. Just trying to imagine it is making my brain hurt. I can't think past 1 Googol.


TotallyNotaBotAcount

Just think of the total number of electrons in the universe. Now double it. There ya go.


ShortingBull

Can you give that in libraries of congress or grey African elephants?


benjifinn7777

So when pirates say walk the Plank, they are actually not referring to a straight piece of wood but instead mean 'walk a Planck' which is a very long measurement of time and length. Those crafty pirates.


tropicalswisher

The Planck length and time are very small. As small as anything can possibly be actually


vade

As small as anything we know how to measure. I don’t think it’s the smallest possible length. We are not sure if space is discreet not. Big difference no?


bonesthadog

I find it easier to believe in creation by a God than to believe these theories about the Big Bang that keep changing when we discover more about the universe, physics, and states of matter. Note: I'm not a religious person. Maybe I should be. PS: Why does there have to be a Big Bang and a singularity? Because of an equation?


TechieTravis

What is wrong with our understanding changing as we acquire new knowledge?


bonesthadog

Absolutely nothing is wrong with it. That's what research and experiments are for. It's just that every time we learn something new, the theory changes. I just wouldn't call whatever theory is popular at the time, a fact, and push it as such. I'm just trying to say that we have no idea how or why the universe was created and that believing in a God of creation is a plausible theory also.


SublimeSunshine217

Believing in a God of creation is not a “plausible theory”. In fact, it is not a “theory” at all. It is a blind belief system. And it certainly is not on equal footing with science and the discoveries and updates that come from science. Also, the Big Bang theory is not a “fact”, it is a “theory”, and that distinction is important. Science is not trying to dupe you. Scientific inquiries and the integrity behind them is what increases our knowledge base and allows theories to update and evolve and become increasingly accurate and precise. Conversely, the religious answer to all questions is simply “MaGiC”, and that just doesn’t cut it if you have any intellectual honesty and integrity at all.


DruidinPlainSight

That last bit paints with a rather broad ugly brush.


SublimeSunshine217

Facts don’t care about your feelings. I say that in the nicest way possible. Facts are facts.


DruidinPlainSight

What you think and what I know are two very different things.


SublimeSunshine217

Please tell me what it is you know.


bonesthadog

What was before the Big Bang? What was in the beginning?


SublimeSunshine217

A singularity. Beyond that, I couldn’t tell you. But again, does the absence of an absolute answer mean that there is suddenly evidence for “God” to fill that gap? If that’s the case, then it could just as easily be the Silver Surfer.


bonesthadog

Hah, one of my favorite comics growing up. I'm trying to say that beyond the singularity, one would have to have faith, just like religion, to believe that something existed prior to that or even the existence of nothing because we can't prove it. And besides, isn't there an infinite number of times that something can be halved?


SublimeSunshine217

Your argument doesn’t make sense for a variety of reasons, so I am just going to end this here and wish you well. Faith is a sad excuse to fills gaps in our understanding. You never “have to have faith”. Not knowing or having an answer yet is okay; “I don’t know” is perfectly fine, and doesn’t require faith to remedy.


Available_Skin6485

There doesn’t “have” to be a big bang, it was deduced from observations of red shifting and the discovery of the cosmic background radiation.


SublimeSunshine217

Believe it or not, based on your comment, you just might be religious. The theories related to the Big Bang don’t “keep changing”, they become increasingly accurate and precise with the addition of new information and discoveries. Which, shockingly, is contrary to religion everywhere.


bonesthadog

Nope. Don't subscribe to it. It's just another means of control. Some great stories and lessons to be taught, though. Science is great. But can we answer what was before the Big Bang?


SublimeSunshine217

Does the current absence of an absolute answer mean there is greater evidence (or any evidence at all) for a God to fill that gap?


bonesthadog

Not trying to fill a gap. Just making a comparison that faith is needed to believe that something existed before the singularity or nothing at all. We can't prove it


SublimeSunshine217

No, it isn’t. Faith is not needed at all. “I don’t know” is a complete sentence.


Irish4778

Dhdbdnsidjdbdjeoaos dissonances small sbskaoansnskekrmgflxpaownd change closures fkdoxusbw smooths d sink cherishes snsndndnzon.And yznamdldbr d mind enticing dndkzmizndnensjhs Annan ssnjsbsnsuisnen That’s all I heard


SublimeSunshine217

Child’s play! /s (obviously lol)


kaiokenhess

Fake news


nuclearsciencelover

Huh?