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There’s issues with the idea of a universe existing forever, namely Kant’s First Antinomy: if the universe existed for an infinite time, then an infinite amount
by keane 4y ago
There’s issues with the idea of a universe existing forever, namely Kant’s First Antinomy: if the universe existed for an infinite time, then an infinite amount of events would have already taken place.
- taylodl 4y agoThat's why I think Penrose may be on to something by saying the universe "forgets" how to tell time between different "epochs", where each "epoch" appears to have begun with a time zero corresponding with a big bang. If the universe "forgets" how to tell time between those "epochs" then those epochs are causally separated and you sidestep the infinite amount of events. The interesting bit is what evidence would reveal that to be the case?