shaznay   10 #13 Posted September 29, 2018 How do you know you actually exist, first of all if you didn’t exist then neither would the universe, think about that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #14 Posted September 29, 2018 you aint seen me....right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Baron99 Â Â 771 #15 Posted September 29, 2018 Who said it should be called 'universe'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
shaznay   10 #16 Posted September 29, 2018 you aint seen me....right?  Never seen you, how do I know you are even a real person  ---------- Post added 29-09-2018 at 22:43 ----------  Who said it should be called 'universe'?  Exactly, who made up these words we call language, 26 letters in the alphabet and everything we say is made up of these 26 letters .... and yet we live our lives made up of just 26 letters...bizarre really Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Padders   2,756 #17 Posted September 29, 2018 How do you know you actually exist, first of all if you didn’t exist then neither would the universe, think about that ��  Very good Shaz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
shaznay   10 #18 Posted September 29, 2018 Who said it should be called 'universe'?  Yeah why isn’t it called ....nhyresdfv ...because we wouldn’t friggin know what the hell that meant lol  ---------- Post added 29-09-2018 at 22:57 ----------  Very good Shaz.  I ponder this all the time Padders... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Obelix   11 #19 Posted September 29, 2018 The universe exists because we are here to observe it. If the universe had a different set of rules then we wouldnt exist. So the reason that we see the current Universe and it's existence is because it lets us.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Annie Bynnol   596 #20 Posted September 30, 2018 Never seen you, how do I know you are even a real person  ---------- Post added 29-09-2018 at 22:43 ----------   Exactly, who made up these words we call language, 26 letters in the alphabet and everything we say is made up of these 26 letters .... and yet we live our lives made up of just 26 letters...bizarre really  So if someone uses a language with the "J,K,Q,V,X" and "Z" missing are they in a parallel Universe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mr Bloke   1,445 #21 Posted September 30, 2018 So if someone uses a language with the "J,K,Q,V,X" and "Z" missing are they in a parallel Universe? Hmmm...  ... I think it's more likely that they just need a new keyboard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Waldo   96 #22 Posted September 30, 2018 (edited) The universe exists because we are here to observe it. If the universe had a different set of rules then we wouldnt exist. So the reason that we see the current Universe and it's existence is because it lets us. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle  Surely, us being here to observe it, is a consequence of the universe existing, rather than a cause?  ---------- Post added 30-09-2018 at 11:43 ----------  Also, I'm using the word 'universe' is the loosest possible sense; not limited to this one instance of a universe, or observable universe, or physical manifestation of, or this particular instance of the laws of physics, etc. I mean, that there is something rather than nothing.  I have to assume that there was never nothing; as something coming from nothing, with no causal event being possible; does not make sense.  ---------- Post added 30-09-2018 at 12:11 ----------  This universe exists because we are here to observe it. In every case where this universe did not exist, we were not there to observe them not existing.  The universe exists to be perceived by itself.  Yeah, I don't have a problem with the fact of the universe perceiving itself. That doesn't explain (to my small mind), the why of its being 'here' to perceive itself. Edited September 30, 2018 by Waldo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mikeG Â Â 15 #23 Posted September 30, 2018 I'm with you Waldo. The big bang theory doesn't add up as the big block of matter would have had to be created from nothing and if we credit God with anything - who created God out of nothing? You can't create God, or the universe with no raw materials. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dromedary   166 #24 Posted September 30, 2018 Here is an interesting article about Stepen Hawkings (almost) last paper, and no he didnt read the Sun..  https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/stephen-hawking-s-almost-last-paper-putting-end-beginning-universe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...