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This article doesn't make any sense. Skimming over it, I don't see that it's even about "before the Big Bang," which is a nonsense phrase. Nor do I see why it's
by digging 3y ago
This article doesn't make any sense. Skimming over it, I don't see that it's even about "before the Big Bang," which is a nonsense phrase. Nor do I see why it's arguing the point that our universe has even been empty, because nobody has ever argued that it was.
Ah, it's talking about the future, when it might be "empty", and explaining to the reader how it won't actually be empty. That's weird.
Ah, it's now circling back to "cosmic inflation... Before the hot Big Bang occurred." What? That is one of the most wrong things I've ever heard about the early universe.
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoThe big bang has two meanings in common usage. Some people think it means "the beginning of time". But it can also refer to the time immediately after inflation. [1] [1] https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/relativity-space-astronomy-and-cosmology/history-of-the-universe/hot-big-bang/ https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/relativity-...
- digging 3y agoWhoops. I've never heard of the "Hot Big Bang" as a period that began after inflation. Thanks.
- wredue 3y agoSome physicists disagree with Hawking. The assertions in the article don’t seem to make a strong case for talking about “before”, but that doesn’t make Hawking definitely right either.