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Aug 12, 2010 · “What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.” – Anthony Robbins “The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams
- The Emergence of Matter in The Universe
- Quantum Fluctuations and The Fabric of Spacetime
- Theoretical Physics and The Cosmos
- Cycles from Almost Nothing
- Penrose’s Theory of Conformal Cyclic Cosmology
- Philosophical Implications and Future Discoveries
- Penrose’s Cyclical Universe: A Myth Reborn
But before we get to that, let’s take a look at how “material” – physical matter – first came about. If we are aiming to explain the origins of stable matter made of atoms or molecules, there was certainly none of that around at the Big Bang– nor for hundreds of thousands of years afterwards. We do in fact have a pretty detailed understanding of ho...
But how did these particles come to exist in the first place? Quantum field theory tells us that even a vacuum, supposedly corresponding to empty spacetime, is full of physical activity in the form of energy fluctuations. These fluctuations can give rise to particles popping out, only to be disappear shortly after. This may sound like a mathematica...
We still don’t have a perfect theory of quantum gravity, but there are attempts – like string theory and loop quantum gravity. In these attempts, ordinary space and time are typically seen as emergent, like the waves on the surface of a deep ocean. What we experience as space and time are the product of quantum processes operating at a deeper, micr...
To truly answer the question of how something could arise from nothing, we would need to explain the quantum state of the entire universe at the beginning of the Planck epoch. All attempts to do this remain highly speculative. Some of them appeal to supernatural forces like a designer. But other candidate explanations remain within the realm of phy...
Conformal cyclic cosmology offers some detailed, albeit speculative, answers to the question of where our Big Bang came from. But even if Penrose’s vision is vindicated by the future progress of cosmology, we might think that we still wouldn’t have answered a deeper philosophical question – a question about where physical reality itself came from. ...
Penrose and his collaborators believe they may have spotted these traces already, attributing patterns in the Planck data to radiation from supermassive black holes in the previous universe. However, their claimed observations have been challenged by other physicistsand the jury remains out. Endless new cycles are key to Penrose’s own vision. But t...
For a philosopher of science, Penrose’s vision is fascinating. It opens up new possibilities for explaining the Big Bang, taking our explanations beyond ordinary cause and effect. It is therefore a great test case for exploring the different ways physics can explain our world. It deserves more attention from philosophers. For a lover of myth, Penro...
Jan 10, 2012 · Some have said living forever is not possible, yet with science we know that our cells never actually die, they just become something else, food for plants, animals and other. The more we look into a subject, the more we find reasons why something that was impossible, can become possible.
Oct 26, 2024 · For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer sight to almost everything else. The reason is that this, most of all the senses, makes us know and brings to light many differences between things.
May 22, 2012 · However, with the impossible eliminated, what remains are the only possible solutions. And one of them must be the truth. Why is clearing out the impossible solutions important?
Every dream seems impossible at first. But the only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible. When you feel like giving up, it’s your belief in yourself and your abilities that keeps you going—even when all the odds are stacked against you.
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Oct 29, 2023 · If it can't come from nothing, then either (the fundamental) reality itself is eternal, or it emerged from something eternal. The only way for our present reality to have an ultimate beginning is when something can in fact come from nothing.
