This topic is a philosophical question as much as a scientific one, as it so happens I too have been tormented by existential thoughts lately, this one included, although not tormenting or frightening like, say, the realization that I will probably forever cease to exist after I die, but a most baffling and wondrous thing to ponder for sure.
I am quite baffled that some of you would just shrug away and dismiss this entire thread or the idea of pondering our very existence and go as far as to call it pointless. It's damn amazing to be aware of and capable of pondering the very root of everything, however hopeless the search for an ultimate answer may be. Even if it's there, who knows whether our puny minds can comprehend it. Or perhaps it's there, and it's simpler than we think. I personally believe we'll never know, and perhaps it is better that way. Still, I'll keep pondering my entire life, just because I can.
Now, something from nothing is a widely believed theory amongst respectable scientists who's field of work encompasses this (Harris, Dawkins, Krauss etc.) it is the most plausible (lack of an) answer that is most compatible, or rather, least non compatible with the big bang theory, as the bang is believed to have started from some sort of a singularity, and expanded into everything. What baffles me is just this "nothing" that seemingly had to be there first. Nothing is truly not a thing, it is not conceivable, as it is not a thing. Closest I can get is imagining black empty space, which is three things; space and color, and presumably time.(?)
Nothing is a philosophical idea describing lack of presence, nothing more. I believe nothing or nothingness cannot physically exist, and thus I believe that there must have always been something. This still leaves the questions of what that something is, and how, why and when everything begun - if it ever had a beginning. So of course - it answers nothing.
A friend of mine has a theory that there has always been energy, which to my understanding is the potential to "work", potential for something to occur, this is intriguing, perhaps because I cannot even begin to grasp energy in this context, but perhaps also because I lack most basic knowledge of working physics, if somebody who is more familiar with it could shed some light on this, other than the raw definition, It would be most appreciated!
What I would like to know is whether everything is an infinite multidimensional multiverse, and whether it is possible for other universes to have begun with laws of physics entirely different from those of our own universe, with minimal similarities to how even the most elementary things work, making your wildest fantasies a possibility.
I am quite baffled that some of you would just shrug away and dismiss this entire thread or the idea of pondering our very existence and go as far as to call it pointless. It's damn amazing to be aware of and capable of pondering the very root of everything, however hopeless the search for an ultimate answer may be. Even if it's there, who knows whether our puny minds can comprehend it. Or perhaps it's there, and it's simpler than we think. I personally believe we'll never know, and perhaps it is better that way. Still, I'll keep pondering my entire life, just because I can.
Now, something from nothing is a widely believed theory amongst respectable scientists who's field of work encompasses this (Harris, Dawkins, Krauss etc.) it is the most plausible (lack of an) answer that is most compatible, or rather, least non compatible with the big bang theory, as the bang is believed to have started from some sort of a singularity, and expanded into everything. What baffles me is just this "nothing" that seemingly had to be there first. Nothing is truly not a thing, it is not conceivable, as it is not a thing. Closest I can get is imagining black empty space, which is three things; space and color, and presumably time.(?)
Nothing is a philosophical idea describing lack of presence, nothing more. I believe nothing or nothingness cannot physically exist, and thus I believe that there must have always been something. This still leaves the questions of what that something is, and how, why and when everything begun - if it ever had a beginning. So of course - it answers nothing.
A friend of mine has a theory that there has always been energy, which to my understanding is the potential to "work", potential for something to occur, this is intriguing, perhaps because I cannot even begin to grasp energy in this context, but perhaps also because I lack most basic knowledge of working physics, if somebody who is more familiar with it could shed some light on this, other than the raw definition, It would be most appreciated!
What I would like to know is whether everything is an infinite multidimensional multiverse, and whether it is possible for other universes to have begun with laws of physics entirely different from those of our own universe, with minimal similarities to how even the most elementary things work, making your wildest fantasies a possibility.
