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Old 11-15-2007, 10:54 AM
JMAnon JMAnon is offline
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Default Re: Was the Bing Bang a Random event?

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We are speaking of a singularity. A place where physics does not apply. A place where events are not deterministic.

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Again, we don't know this. As I understand it, M theory ( link ) may allow us to predict and explain the big bang. Right now it is still an unproven, incomplete mathematical construct, but that doesn't mean it will be wrong.

You seem to be making an unwarranted assumption about the completeness of our laws of physics. It is not correct to conclude that because our current theories can't explain or predict singularities, that singularities are not governed by predictable laws. It is entirely possible (and in my view, more likely than not) that the behavior of singularities is entirely deterministic (or at least probabilistic) and predictable. It also may be that we will never be able to determine the rules that govern singularities because of limits on our ability to observe and perceive physical phenomena or because of biological limits on our math ability. But that does not mean that no rules, in fact, govern their behavior.
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