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Universe Growth
Universe Growth
The universe’s origins, expansion, laws, consciousness, and existence’s improbability are explored, raising fundamental questions about reality.
The universe’s origins, expansion, laws, consciousness, and existence’s improbability are explored, raising fundamental questions about reality.
What is everything?
What is everything?
What is everything?
Everything is quantum field,
Everything is quantum field,
with superposed quantum states,
with superposed quantum states
in which gravity is curved geometry
in which gravity is curved geometry
and that geometry is spacetime.
and that geometry is spacetime.
Why not nothing?
Why not nothing?
No one knows yet.
No one knows yet.
True nothing may be impossible:
True nothing may be impossible:
the quantum vacuum is never truly empty.
the quantum vacuum is never truly empty,
because quantum fields are always fluctuating.
because quantum fields are always fluctuating.
Why laws?
Why laws?
We observe that universal rules exist,
We observe that universal rules exist,
though why they exist is unknown.
though why they exist is unknown.
Maybe it is a fundamental property of reality
Maybe it is a fundamental property of reality
Or maybe it emerges from it.
Or maybe it emerges from it.
Why consciousness?
Why consciousness?
We experience it everyday and we still don’t know very much about it…
We experience it everyday and we still don’t know very much about it…
Maybe it helps survival
Maybe it helps survival
Maybe it is a fundamental property of reality
Maybe it is a fundamental property of reality
Or maybe it emerges from it.
Or maybe it emerges from it.
Universe’s Expansion
Universe’s Expansion
Universe’s expansion
Universe’s expansion
Everything is getting away
Everything is getting away
from everything.
from everything.
Because space-time is unfolding,
Because space-time is unfolding,
increasing the space between galaxies.
increasing the space between galaxies.
Universe’s origin
Universe’s origin
The expansion of the universe
The expansion of the universe
suggests a beginning.
suggests a beginning.
According to the Big Bang theory
According to the Big Bang theory
its origin was an extremely hot, dense state.
its origin was an extremely hot, dense state.
Universe’s size and age
Space and time are linked
Space and time are linked
Light travels through spacetime ,
Light travels through spacetime,
at a constant, finite speed.
at a constant, finite speed
used to estimate the universe’s size and age.
used to estimate the universe’s size and age.
Universe’s unlikely balance
Universe’s unlikely balance
Fundamental constants with very specific values
Fundamental constants with very specific values
and mathematically consistent physical laws
and mathematically consistent physical laws
combined allow our existence.
combined allow our existence.
Why is still unknown.
Why is still unknown.