Gutter's 1 Question for a Tuesday Evening 9/17/24

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I swear I am not on drugs or drunk right now.
FORGETTING RELIGION.....
Here is a mind fuck for me. I can't figure out how "this" began. "This" being the the universe as I/we know it. I know the Big Bang theory but then what created the Big Bang and where did it come from?
If I was your 6 year old child, without brining God or religion in to it, how would you explain how the universe came to be?

[Back2Lawrence]

It’s just a simulation. It started at the equivalent of 7 pm, on game night.

[jhawks99]

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[KUTradition]

I swear I am not on drugs or drunk right now.
FORGETTING RELIGION.....
Here is a mind fuck for me. I can't figure out how "this" began. "This" being the the universe as I/we know it. I know the Big Bang theory but then what created the Big Bang and where did it come from?
If I was your 6 year old child, without brining God or religion in to it, how would you explain how the universe came to be?

https://futurism.com/scientist-disputes ... ired-light

[pdub]

We don't know how the universe came to be because it's much bigger than our human minds can comprehend and it's OK not knowing everything - in fact, it's very important that you understand that you cannot know everything and be humble in the right moments.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

We don't know how the universe came to be because it's much bigger than our human minds can comprehend and it's OK not knowing everything - in fact, it's very important that you understand that you cannot know everything and be humble in the right moments.

Good answer! To me, it shows the limitations of the mind - or maybe that the mind is limitless?
My biggest problem is that I am an inquisitive guy. I like things to be black and white and I like definitive answers.
One of my many psychological issues is that I overthink and weigh many angles to a situation/thought and I can't come up with definitive decisions/answers.
Heck, I tested positive for Covid this morning and am struggling big time if I should plan to return to work tomorrow - or not - and what are the pros and cons of my doing and such - and which outweighs the other.
It is important for me to realize and accept - not everything is definitive/black and white - and that's ok.

[TDub]

There is absolutely and exactly 0 way to explain that because we'd have to have the answers in order to explain it.

We don't know. The big bang theory, despite being the prominent and leading theory, relies heavily on "im.not surr what happened here so....lets pretend this happened so that my theory works". It's like religion but different.


In our pea brains....Its impossible that it all came from nothing, just like it's impossible that the universe is infinite....and also ever expanding (expanding? into what? what's on the other side?)...

yet here we are.


Pour one and enjoy our short trips around our single star in our tiny little section of stars.

[KUTradition]

many, if not most, have difficulty understanding the evolution of life on Earth

galactic evolution? i doubt we make it long enough to answer such questions with any sort of certainty

[TDub]

many, if not most, have difficulty understanding the evolution of life on Earth

galactic evolution? i doubt we make it long enough to answer such questions with any sort of certainty

fair point


I understand the concept and the idea snd likelihood of how that works. But even the history of our little planet is vast to me and there is much I can't comprehend or claim to understand completely.



Also...someone explain Octopi and cephalopods. They have no evolutionary chain. They're different in everyday from everything. Aliens.

[KUTradition]

you want your mind blown?

binary fission

(at least, it blew my mind when i first learned about it)

[TDub]

you want your mind blown?

binary fission

(at least, it blew my mind when i first learned about it)

my small mind is easily blown but I'll look that up later when I get a moment.

[MICHHAWK]

why would i even bother attempting to explain that to a 6 y/o.

[Overlander]

why would i even bother attempting to explain that to a 6 y/o.

If you can add some pictures, Randy will eventually get it

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

why would i even bother attempting to explain that to a 6 y/o.

Why wouldn't you bother attempting to explain that to a 6 year old - if they asked you?
If I 6 year old asks me a question I attempt to answer it. Should I not?