The Beginning of Time and Eventually Earth

[Jeremy]

Ok, it's the middle of offseason and we need another mental exercise. Try to keep this civil as clearly nobody knows anything for certain...

How do you think the universe was created, started, etc? How did that eventually turn into what we know as Earth and its huge variety in minerals, life forms, etc?

 

[3TrueFans]

The only certainty is that this thread will go poorly.

 

[alarson]

It has widely been regarded as a bad move

 

[JM4CY]

God created the heavens and the earth… and then he made JLH.

 

[alarson]

God created the heavens and the earth… and then he made JLH.

I guess we know why he rested the day after that

 

[Jeremy]

The only certainty is that this thread will go poorly.

Oh I fully expect it to be a powder keg.

 

[cycloneG]

How old is our universe? New study says Big Bang might have happened 27 billion years ago

A study published this week in an astronomical journal suggests our universe could be 26.7 billion years old, or about twice as old as we thought.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Jeremy]

How old is our universe? New study says Big Bang might have happened 27 billion years ago

A study published this week in an astronomical journal suggests our universe could be 26.7 billion years old, or about twice as old as we thought.

www.usatoday.com

That's actually what brought this up in my currently overwhelmed mind. Need a distraction to ponder.

 

[throwittoblythe]

I think the Barenaked Ladies played a role, somehow?

 

[StClone]

Why do we need a puke emoji?

 

[FallOf81]

This is taking time away from the boobies thread and I personally don't like it

 

[somecyguy]

I tend to believe that there is a physics answer to the question, but we don't know or are not yet capable of understanding how. The big bang makes some sense given the available information, but there is so much that we haven't discovered yet.

 

[mcblogerson]

Im waiting for the aliens to tell us

 

[Farnsworth]

What was there before the big bang?

edit: This is interesting: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220105-what-existed-before-the-big-bang

 

[3TrueFans]

What was there before the big bang?

Young Sheldon

 

[Gonzo]

 

[Cyclonepride]

Ok, it's the middle of offseason and we need another mental exercise. Try to keep this civil as clearly nobody knows anything for certain...

How do you think the universe was created, started, etc? How did that eventually turn into what we know as Earth and its huge variety in minerals, life forms, etc?

Big bang, followed by the right conditions here for life develop. Logically it seems likely that some combination of chemicals in the right environment combined perhaps with electricity could have sparked life. Or organic materials from an asteroid or comet.

 

[BoxsterCy]

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened." - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe

 

[larrysarmy]

Special creation

 

[MartyFine]

I give you...The Creator