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originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
The BIG BANG was/is a quantum object because it is all time and space contained within itself and is/was the size of a particle. Only our limited perception gives us the illusion of time and space, when in fact everything is infinate.
originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
Consider that the world is a simulation, wouldnt that explain superposition perfectly?
originally posted by: anonentity
originally posted by: FormOfTheLord
Consider that the world is a simulation, wouldnt that explain superposition perfectly?
Exactly "The persistent illusion" In fact a program, in which the construct of the Universe needs the illusion of, linear time to become coherent,to read the program , firstly you must think that you are in it. So illusion of physical presence is constructed, Secondly you have to be aware that you can observe the program, which requires self awareness. Thirdly a memory to classify past events, because that is what the game is, a memory store. Then you can play it. Since it is a program in which the observer interprets the code to create a perceived future in the game. But at no point could it be anything more than the observation of an on going memory dump. Where everything is perceived as real with substance , but it is as it is, whichever way you look at it purely the perception of information data. By a conscious entity. Which makes it all very interesting.
originally posted by: anonentity
What is absolute. Is that the Universe is "infinite" The concept can become hard to grasp. As I comprehend it is, that in an infinite system. Their must be by definition an infinite number of possible probabilities, because its infinite they can all be to the infinite power. Which could be converted to meaning that everything you can comprehend exists. Not only does everything we can imagine exist, but also every state imaginable, and more that we cant comprehend, also must exist. The only limiting factor is that our perception, has to remain coherent for its comprehension.
With this state defined as the true, Nature of the Universe, the fact of Death existing is true, but it also means that personal survival, is also true, this has to be a guarantee in an infinite system.
So in an Infinite system, if all things are true, Then the statement that. "Their is no distance factored into faster than light travel" Then the converse statement is also true, "That their is distance involved in faster than light travel" The only reason these statements are paradoxical, is because the logic we use requires them to be. Which means only that our comprehension is at fault, because our logic has been trained in cause and effect, in a linear time system. Which is just one of the possible states within an infinite system.
This isn't really the topic of the thread exactly, but we don't know if the universe is infinite or just really big:
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: Arbitrageur
What is absolute. Is that the Universe is "infinite"
Michio Kaku has offered his opinion that the universe is not infinite, just really big, but as he admits, our observations are not able to distinguish between those two options.
We have observations that say that the radius of curvature of the Universe is bigger than 70 billion light years. But the observations allow for either a positive or negative curvature, and this range includes the flat Universe with infinite radius of curvature. The negatively curved space is also infinite in volume even though it is curved. So we know empirically that the volume of the Universe is more than 20 times bigger than volume of the observable Universe. Since we can only look at small piece of an object that has a large radius of curvature, it looks flat. The simplest mathematical model for computing the observed properties of the Universe is then flat Euclidean space. This model is infinite, but what we know about the Universe is that it is really big.
Joelr meant the number of particles and mass isn't infinite, and he's right. You're saying the size may be infinite, that's possible, but size and mass are two different things.
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: joelr
According to the latest science, it suggest that the Universe is infinite.
Not really, no. Time gets really really slow near the event horizon of a black hole from our perspective, but from the perspective of someone falling into the black hole, time doesn't slow down, it seems to progress normally, and it looks to them like the rest of the outside universe is passing by faster.
It also suggests that at infinite density, as in the singularity at the time of the big bang, and inside a black hole time stops.
originally posted by: joelr
originally posted by: anonentity
What is absolute. Is that the Universe is "infinite" The concept can become hard to grasp. As I comprehend it is, that in an infinite system. Their must be by definition an infinite number of possible probabilities, because its infinite they can all be to the infinite power. Which could be converted to meaning that everything you can comprehend exists. Not only does everything we can imagine exist, but also every state imaginable, and more that we cant comprehend, also must exist. The only limiting factor is that our perception, has to remain coherent for its comprehension.
With this state defined as the true, Nature of the Universe, the fact of Death existing is true, but it also means that personal survival, is also true, this has to be a guarantee in an infinite system.
So in an Infinite system, if all things are true, Then the statement that. "Their is no distance factored into faster than light travel" Then the converse statement is also true, "That their is distance involved in faster than light travel" The only reason these statements are paradoxical, is because the logic we use requires them to be. Which means only that our comprehension is at fault, because our logic has been trained in cause and effect, in a linear time system. Which is just one of the possible states within an infinite system.
I understand what you are saying but there are not infinite probabilities to any state in this universe. It's only 13 billion years old and can hold ~10^80 particles at most. Since we have a defined limit on size, the Planck length, there are only so many Planck units in a universe and a limit to all the probable states. No many how many variables there are it's just going to end up us some big power tower of possible states. It still won't equal Graham's number either.
originally posted by: Arbitrageur
Joelr meant the number of particles and mass isn't infinite, and he's right. You're saying the size may be infinite, that's possible, but size and mass are two different things.
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: joelr
According to the latest science, it suggest that the Universe is infinite.
Not really, no. Time gets really really slow near the event horizon of a black hole from our perspective, but from the perspective of someone falling into the black hole, time doesn't slow down, it seems to progress normally, and it looks to them like the rest of the outside universe is passing by faster.
It also suggests that at infinite density, as in the singularity at the time of the big bang, and inside a black hole time stops.
Also, physicists expect that a refined model of quantum mechanics will show some quantum state of a black hole which is not an infinitely dense "singularity" predicted by relativity (the relativity singularity is expected to not be accurate, if we could ever measure such a thing).
originally posted by: anonentity
originally posted by: anonentity
Its either Infinite or its not. If its infinite, then rules of an Infinite system has to apply. 13 billion years is just a number generated from one of the infinite number of possible probabilities that the observer happens to be in. The reality is that their is nothing out there except, information contained in wave states that we choose to interpret as matter. From the viewpoint of an observer observing a multitude of wave state, but concentrating on only one, the one called life. That is interpreted within a linear time frame. With linear logic. To make it coherent.
Time doesn't exist as an actual thing, its a tool necessary for consciousness used in the processing of logical thought. We perceive that time stops in a singularity. We have always been in an infinite singularity, because the beginning of our Universe was one, where linear time didn't exist, it never existed in anything but for thinking, coherently within the simulation, so how could it all be anything otherwise, than a thought.?
originally posted by: joelr
originally posted by: anonentity
Its either Infinite or its not. If its infinite, then rules of an Infinite system has to apply. 13 billion years is just a number generated from one of the infinite number of possible probabilities that the observer happens to be in. The reality is that their is nothing out there except, information contained in wave states that we choose to interpret as matter. From the viewpoint of an observer observing a multitude of wave state, but concentrating on only one, the one called life. That is interpreted within a linear time frame. With linear logic. To make it coherent.
Time doesn't exist as an actual thing, its a tool necessary for consciousness used in the processing of logical thought. We perceive that time stops in a singularity. We have always been in an infinite singularity, because the beginning of our Universe was one, where linear time didn't exist, it never existed in anything but for thinking, coherently within the simulation, so how could it all be anything otherwise, than a thought.?
There are probably not an infinite number of states.
Again beware of pop-science mythology. We don't know what happens in a singularity.
Another one is that black holes tunnel and come out in other parts or other universes. White holes or whatever.
Of course, they would probably lose their mass quickly if that happened, we don't see that happen, but it makes for great "science" articles.
originally posted by: DenyObfuscation
a reply to: joelr
According to the latest science, it suggest that the Universe is infinite.
Does it explain how an infinite universe could expand? It's this kind of science that makes no sense to me.
It was explained to me by this analogy:
originally posted by: DenyObfuscation
Does it explain how an infinite universe could expand? It's this kind of science that makes no sense to me.
Either infinite, or really big. If you think it has excluded the latter, you don't understand the latest science.
originally posted by: anonentity
a reply to: joelr
According to the latest science, it suggest that the Universe is infinite.