Brian Cox: "Something Massive Exists Outside The Universe"

[@JohnBrown-zd5li]

After living on this planet for more than four decades in serious search for truth, I have determined that I know absolutely nothing about the nature of reality. Since coming to terms with my own limited knowledge and expanding ignorance, I feel like a heavy burden is lifted. What ever happened and will happen is none of my business. What ever will be will be… 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ShawnSaunders-vg3ms]

@@JohnBrown-zd5li Jesus will solve all questions when you understand he is the answer because he was God on earth in physical form and he taught himself the Old Testament so he was actually reading his own word he is the Son of Man and he did what he came here to do! And that is to provide a worthy and permanent sacrifice for humanity in place of the animal sacrifices that were intended for forgiveness of sins Jesus was the last sacrifice for sin and salvation the only sacrifice we have to make since the moment he was crucified is to give up a life of flesh and live a humble life as a servant and disciple for him. May God bless you and your loved ones. If you would like a new leather Bible please let me know I will send you a nice on. On you can hold on to forever and share with your loved ones.

[@nickidaisydandelion4044]

John Brown I view it the same way.

[@JohnBrown-zd5li]

@@ShawnSaunders-vg3ms Dear Friend. You have misunderstood my comment about” not knowing the truth of reality.” You obviously think that this is a call for help, but you fail to see that it is a declaration of liberation. All people are on their separate spiritual journey of discovery. What you believe for yourself is not necessarily the truth for another person. If I take your advice I would do myself a disservice by re-entering the prison of ,religiosity and narrow minded dogmatism . What I am saying is that, I’ve graduated from the “ adolescence “ of belief systems and have entered the sacred path of “knowing.” I wish the best for you and your family as well.

[@johnhough7738]

Rather a fatalistic notion, but it is absolutely totally true. Nobody but nobody can change the future. However ... ... we live with the illusions of freewill and time. So the best we can do is set our sails to those breezes, no?

[@philipheiden7506]

.... And we can stop trying to control the universe..

[@jennyteresia]

This is why I love being human- we’re able to ask these kind of enormous, mind-boggling questions.

[@diannegooding8733]

And not find the answers!

[@alancharlton3867]

WHY?

[@troycotton4197]

@@alancharlton3867well done 😂

[@Hindustanhindishow]

Good onr 😂😂❤❤

[@AndréDeVos-y8f]

Our universe is inside the guts of a multiversal, invisible cow. The cow grazes the grass that grows on the quantum fields, and the fermentation gases blow up its guts, wich makes our universe expand. I think that it will all end in a gigantic fart.

[@oliviasimpson4396]

I'm am cow here me moo! I weigh twice as much as you.😅

[@albertkhosa3660]

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[@pseudophp]

Its your mom's mom's mom

[@ShadowLegend300]

new religion unlocked

[@RonThink]

I will be ready with the cigarette lighter.

[@Khualpuguite]

I am trying to understand this 4D concept in a 3D space in my 1D brain, thanks

[@hugaluga3]

😂 "1D brain"

[@JamesDeanMichael80]

Its safe to say the universe is an enigma and these concepts are beyond human comprehension. Some say time before the universe was infinite but if this was the case we would never reach now but here is the contradiction, if the pre universe was not infinite and time just blinked into existence then where the heck did it come from and what was before that, it feels like it would have to be infinite. Quantum physics two states at once does come to mind but even that is an enigma

[@richardscally694]

You're not the only one.!

[@SilviaFrisia]

Maybe… read Cixin Liu- the three body problem; the Dark Forest and Death’s End. Enlightening book even for a very ignorant human I am.

[@richardscally694]

You're not the only one.!

[@graceamora456]

We dont have the thinking power. To actually know what life is all about. But. We will never get bored trying to figure it out . Its the main reason for humanity to wake up in the morning. 😮

[@davehowes5162]

Both (pre) "Big Bang" and "God" are place holders for "we don't know." I find myself beginning to lean toward the idea that time/space is not fundamental and that "consciousness" may be. How do I know? I don't but I do admire my dog for her living skills. Tao.

[@wiremukiwiaudiaz7505]

Thank you for that. Never thought of it in those terms. It's neutral and simultaneously accepting.

[@luanzisseable]

Consciousness as "being aware" ou "awareness", i mean, as adjective, may be. When we put human things as "substantive" or "subjective", then I'm not sure. Phenomenology has some good insights about it

[@Dubble_Bubble40]

Well, the one thing with "God" is that there are folks that will vehemently argue that there is some invisible sky wizard floating around that gets mad when you eat meat on certain days. It's a shame that people take advantage of other people due to this crazy club that they make you feel like you should belong to.

[@scentsoftravelmeditation]

Obviously, only a supernatural force of God could have instigated and provided the untold energy that led to the creation of the universe

[@noudialp]

Consciousness can just be an illusion.

[@LesCish]

As an atheist myself, I'm appreciative of what professor Cox says about the antagonism between theists and atheism. There's just so much we don't know.

[@robinac6897]

What definition of God do you deny the existence of simpleton?

[@LesCish]

@@robinac6897 Did Jesus exhort you to convert people with insults? There are innumerable definitions of God that I deny the existence of. God is not defined as a marshmallow, as a scent of freshly mown grass, etc; but as some sentient supernatural whimsical all-powerful being that would intervene in my life yet created and watches over a universe that is 93+ billion light-years in width. I acknowledge I'm very special but I'm just not important. And if I were, why wouldn't he reveal himself in some undeniable way? I do not seek to convert people. I do not proselytize and moralize only rarely. I might be more of a Christian than you are. ATST I've been thing of custom ordering a T-shirt that says, "Highly intelligent, just not very smart".

[@dannymcnamara2554]

@@robinac6897Think before you write…you got smoked by a fast moving freight train 😂😂

[@TayWoode]

@@robinac6897every thread I’ve seen you on, you’re arguing or insulting someone. Angry little young thing aren’t you? Want people to take you seriously? Try speaking normally

[@robinac6897]

@@LesCish You are like an amoeba denying the existence of a satellite.

[@4586johnc]

What is beyond the Universe concerns me less and less as I grow older and older.

[@thebanished87]

Short answer : we don't know

[@georgew6976]

To quote Gertrude Stein, which to me sums it up: 'There ain't no answer, there never has been any answer, there never will be any answer, that's the answer.'

[@harrymacdonald858]

@@georgew6976 EVEN ATHEISTS NEED A RELIGION

[@3dguy839]

I don't know much but I Do know one thing and one thing only ... And that's that I still to this day walk around look up the the sky and wonder at the age of 60 Why do I still have skidmarks on my underwear

[@amanpalestina9664]

​@@harrymacdonald858has any scripture that you know describe or even mentions The Galaxy, The Universe and The Solar System? That will be interesting.

[@johnnyringo9759]

People who are stupid just say God!!!

[@frankfowlkes7872]

If time was created by the current universe and in the very early universe time advanced at an entirely different pace how do we really know that the Universe is 13.75 billion years old?

[@alancharlton3867]

Time is not nor never has been constant. It can be shaped to fit. Even on Earth, time does not run at the same pace everywhere. It is slower at the Equatorial Plane than at the Tropik Plane, which is slower than around the Poles. A "day" is an approximation of our Planets full single rotation at the Equator. Jupiter has far longer days, Mars shorter. It is a matter of perspective. If we knew the secret of "folding space", time of departure/arrival would be meaningless.

[@ianlassitter2397]

Which of course leads us to the Malleability of time and our conscious connection to it. Are we really moving in time or only looking at something we believe is moving.

[@alistersutherland3688]

We don't. We have surmised based on observation and theorizing. It's our best hypothesis to date. It wasn't very long ago that we thought the newly discovered Milky Way - our galaxy - was the entirety of the universe. Edwin Hubble discovered that Andromeda was in fact another galaxy. That was 100 years ago (1924). It was a revelation, and not very long ago in the big scheme of things. What we have learned since then is nothing short of astonishing. But we're still only at the early stages of our understanding of the universe in which we live.

[@cliffwiley5518]

Aren't we still flying into the void at the same speed as when it first expanded? Nothing to slow us down.

[@alistersutherland3688]

@cliffwiley5518 Apparently the universe's expansion continues to accelerate.

[@johnpro2847]

Religious people have difficulty explaining why there is so much infrastructure for a few billion humans...

[@Hindustanhindishow]

Bang it ❤❤

[@jamro217]

You must have been asking the wrong people. That's okay. I haven't found one atheist who can explain why there is intelligent life and where it came from.

[@hellomcflyy]

there was never nothing - so there has always been something .....there is no nowhere.....and I know nothing about it

[@soupadoopafly]

Why give it a name if its nothing

[@Miraak1868]

@@soupadoopafly He just said "there was never nothing".

[@johnhough7738]

@@Miraak1868 A double negative?

[@Miraak1868]

@@johnhough7738 All the matter in all of the universes has always existed. Matter can neither be created nor destroyed, but may change form.

[@johnhough7738]

@@Miraak1868 I'm hip~!

[@EdgarAlanPooh]

"Primordial life began to spread throughout the universe" CITATION NEEDED

[@KristelViljoen]

The more I learn, the less I know...UB40

[@davegaskell7680]

Clearly false though - when you learn something then there is less that you dont know. However, you become more aware of your lack of knowledge. In other words, to quote Gong rather than UB40, the more you know the more you know you dont know.

[@williamnelson9332]

Forsure

[@nrgdigital-garywilkie3997]

I’m old enough to remember when they used to say there was no water anywhere in the Universe other than Earth.

[@Saikat452]

*My Theory: "Chemical Bubble Universes"* 1. *Universes as Chemical Bubbles*: All universes are bubble-like, filled with a chemical fluid. 2. *Fluid Exchange between Universes*: Surplus or deficient energetic chemical fluid is transferred between universes at their boundaries. 3. *No Destruction, only Transformation*: Universes don't get destroyed; particles and energy are exchanged, and new particles are formed through chemical reactions. 4. *Gravitational Constant Variation*: The gravitational constant may change during fluid mixing between universes or within a universe. 5. *Chemical Origins*: All particles, including stars and planets, originate from chemical reactions within the space fluid. 6. *Cyclical Evolution*: Particles are born, evolve, and transform through chemical reactions, with stars being destroyed and planets being born from the resulting chemical changes. These points summarize the core ideas of my innovative theory! Here's a basic mathematical framework to describe your "Chemical Bubble Universes" theory. This model can be developed and refined further: *Chemical Fluid Dynamics* Let's represent the chemical fluid within a universe as a vector field: F(x, y, z, t) = (f1, f2, f3) where F is the fluid vector, (x, y, z) are spatial coordinates, and t is time. *Fluid Exchange between Universes* Assume the fluid exchange rate between universes is proportional to the difference in fluid concentrations: dF/dt = k * (F1 - F2) where k is the exchange rate constant, and F1 and F2 are the fluid vectors in adjacent universes. *Gravitational Constant Variation* Let's introduce a variable gravitational constant (G) that changes with fluid mixing: G = G0 * (1 + α * |F|) where G0 is the base gravitational constant, α is a scaling factor, and |F| is the magnitude of the fluid vector. *Particle Formation and Evolution* Represent particle formation and evolution using a chemical reaction network: dN/dt = R * (N1, N2, ..., Nn) where N is the particle density, R is the reaction rate matrix, and (N1, N2, ..., Nn) are the densities of participating particles. This basic framework can be expanded and refined to better capture the essence of the theory. Please note that developing a comprehensive mathematical model requires a deeper understanding of the underlying physics and chemistry.

[@alistersutherland3688]

A chemical fluid? Sounds a bit like the ether people once believed was the make-up of outer space. What evidence to you have? There's no 'fluid' detected that I'm aware of.

[@leaovulcao]

Let me tell you a short story since I came (seriously)from the neighborhood where Mr. Cox is talking about. One day a chicken was digging the ground non-stop. She kept on digging and digging until she found her grandmother’s bones. There you have the story. And it was short as I promised.

[@weskal5490]

The implications of infinite bubble universes that have forever been coming into (and out of) existence in the greater cosmos, is that (a) there never ever was a 'time' when there was only nothing and (b) the conditions that permitted life in our bubble universe would in an eternal cosmic landscape inevitably occur elsewhere in infinite other bubble universes, meaning life has forever existed somewhere and some-when, for want of a better description.

[@robertanton1862]

no, there is not necessary that LIFE has existed in all other previous universes that existed. there could've been universes that popped out of existence before LIFE could flourish in them. and another thought you should ponder on: there could've been an INFINITE number of universes that turned out to be EXACTLY like the one we're living in now. because in an infinity, an event will be repeated so many times, that at some point that event would have an INFINITE outcomes, and each of them would have an INFINITE doppelgänger. I'm not saying you're totally wrong, as you cannot say the same about my thinking

[@RayColeman-l8x]

When we die without Jesus and end up in Hades we will know that we were deceive by Satan in order to keep us away from Jesus an eternal life.❤❤❤

[@robertanton1862]

@@RayColeman-l8x ha, I dare you to think! according to your own religion: 1. we've been created by god 2. and as there was nothing before but god, is obvious that god created us (and everything else) out of himself remember the starting conditions: this is because there was nothing else before, but god 3. if by the end of our existence god decides to punish some of us, then in effect god decides to punish bits of himself; remember the starting conditions: this is because there was nothing else before, but god and we've been created out of himself besides there is a bible verse that states that god is everything and in all; so there's another idea for you: think! will god send bits of himself to an eternal punishment?

[@wilhelmschroeder7345]

There are no parallel universes. There are only perpendicular universes.

[@pbasswil]

Not crazy about this thing of using 'Universe' and 'Observable Universe' alternately, almost randomly, to mean the latter. The word Universe signifies the totality of all things that exist; so it includes the Observable Universe, _and_ everything else beyond it. if we discover something - or postulate something - brand new to us, somewhere out there, then that something must be included within the existing totality that is The Universe.

[@user-kz2zq4kj6n]

No, we don't know but I always remember the saying when I was in Sunday School. "There is no beginning and no ending."

[@johnhough7738]

Classic answer to the "piece of string" question. Well done, you~!

[@Medieval1897]

Everything ends in somepoint. Nothing is eternal in universe

[@johnhough7738]

@@Medieval1897 There are many millions (milking the gullible) who would desperately argue that point. Most of 'em belong to one of the great religious franchises. Beliefs are Big Business. So: either the universe had a beginning, or it was here for ever. (For ever means eternal ...) The religious would counter here by saying it was created, nothing is eternal; created in fact by an eternal 'god'. (Beam me up, Scottie; no intelligent life down here.)

[@russianbot1420]

As long as there's a consensus, Brian is on board.

[@harrymacdonald858]

EVEN ATHEISTS NEED A RELIGION...Fool Stop.

[@irw4350]

that's the Life Of Brian alright 😆😆😆

[@Callumdevan17]

There is literally no way that any person could know this.

[@123toysoldier]

Or comprehend.

[@sebanavarro4459]

Hold my beer

[@Callumdevan17]

@@sebanavarro4459 when I'm old enough I'll drink it instead

[@Cwarnershspes72]

Idiots

[@camshaft989]

It's ignorant we even understand our solar system ... hell only 1% of our oceans have been searched...the more we think we know, really means we know nothing

[@Klonx]

I think outside our observible universe there is more space and the cosmic web knows no bounderies. There must be galaxy clusters bigger than the great attractor.

[@robertanton1862]

"outside our observible universe there is more space " space is just the distance in between other material things so according to you, outside our universe there is at least a single point of something (maybe another singularity), so there would be a SPACE between our edge of universe and that "other something"

[@ung-jinkim2774]

We don't know, and we cannot know, but it is too important to ignore.

[@motelghost477]

Not knowing won't save you. Only knowing Jesus Christ can save you.

[@calliope4293]

You can know if you want to. Who said “ you can’t know?” Where do you get this option? “If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.” ‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭8‬ ‭MSG‬‬

[@KruceroKory]

I believe we all know that something exists beyond our universe.. but some things aren't meant for us to figure out.

[@Fircasice]

And yet it is our nature to try and figure them out anyway

[@christopherperrera7480]

We're meant to figure everything out. We just won't survive ourselves long enough to do it.

[@martinevans1427]

What makes you think that we are "meant" to figure out anything at all? Seriously interested in that idea.

[@moonbeamskies3346]

I was forced to explore every single reality bubble in the multiverse. I had to document each periodic table and categorize conditions on each planet, as well as develop histories of life on each planet. My life is literally hell. I deal in numbers you can only express using tetration, with thousand digit numbers in both the base number and in the exponent. 😮

[@winningjubbly9712]

Thought for the day:- if you ever find yourself running in one direction, but everyone else is running towards you in the opposite direction, there's a good chance they know something you don't.

[@alancharlton3867]

Or maybe you know something they don't, nor will they, as it is your secret & therefore worth a fortune.

[@irw4350]

yeah - its the London to Brighton run, you muppet,,,,,,,,,,,

[@winningjubbly9712]

@@irw4350 I've never understood the need some people have to be nasty/abusive to someone on the Internet. It says far more about what the mask of anonymity reveals in them. "Give someone a mask, and they'll show you their true face". Never a truer word has been said about the Internet bringing the worst out in people...

[@myfriendharrison4348]

The Pride of Man and his knowledge. Science is an ever moving paradigm.

[@harrymacdonald858]

EVEN ATHEISTS NEED A RELIGION

[@robinac6897]

Your comment bears an extremely close resemblance to some brown stuff I put on my roses yesterday.

[@humanwhatshappening]

yes, its the beauty of it, the worldview proposed by science is constantly changing and evolving as we collect more data contrary to, lets say, religion, which is dogmatic and completely unable to evolve even when new data is presented while in the meantime claiming something is true simply because its written in an old book.

[@calliope4293]

Serious thinkers today continue to ask us to choose between God and science. That’s like asking people to choose between Henry Ford and engineering As an explanation of the automobile.

[@TGW-j6t]

It' called science: your ideas change as you learn more.

[@Rick79LUFC]

I believe our universe sits amongst other universes just like Galaxy's do with intersela space separating them but on a far far larger scale of distance between universes seems the most obvious answer to me 😊

[@subspace666]

if you mean that our universe and others are only separated by space and distance then no that makes no sense, this would make your other universes part of our own so it would make them all one. personalty i think in the beginning there was only 1 universe and later it made children universe's , not sure if we are in the 1st one but i think ours is making children of our own and that this is why we are expanding at an exponential rate, to make room for them. think this dark energy people talk about is because those child universe are sharing 1 or more dimensions with us.

[@UndergroundPrimate]

How many Universes would there be?

[@PaulBowman-y1r]

yes , you think as i , they will eventually find a distant point of light and deem it as a separate universe when our telescopes get bigger etc

[@JeffMTX]

Believe

[@briandale8386]

As many universes as we have galaxies in are universe.

[@dknecht1971]

Why can't we just appreciate the beauty and order on Earth?

[@lesliefuller1456]

I would’ve thought it was obvious that something massive existed outside the universe. Otherwise what is the universe expanding into?

[@johnhough7738]

"... what is the universe expanding into?" My guess is into nothing. (There's nothing in that nothing to prevent it, no?) But it is a very big nothing (it would have to be ...)

[@calliope4293]

Since GOD made the Universe ( a place) why don’t you ask him? “If you don’t know what you’re doing, pray to the Father. He loves to help. You’ll get his help, and won’t be condescended to when you ask for it. Ask boldly, believingly, without a second thought. People who “worry their prayers” are like wind-whipped waves. Don’t think you’re going to get anything from the Master that way, adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.” ‭‭James‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭8‬ ‭MSG‬‬

[@lesliefuller1456]

@@calliope4293 there’s no point in praying to invisible sky goblins.

[@johnhough7738]

@@calliope4293 I did ask Him. His silence told me that He doesn't have a clue either.

[@irw4350]

Susan Boyle ?

[@gribbo001]

I know this may sound very basic especially for all you couch physicists out there but it seems illogical to discount symmetry and beauty if it can't be observed and validated mathematically. Especially if math is locked into the three dimensions plus time as anything not within that would obviously not add up so to speak or be observed with a HLC a thousands times more powerful than now. Its like a fish in a bowl of water. It knows its in water but as it looks out through the bowl glass it can only observe other things and never know they are sitting in an atmosphere. It can theorize the objects sit in n water, but can never mathematically solve it or observe it, yet the theory is correct.

[@alistersutherland3688]

The fish doesn't know it's in water, because it knows nothing else and anything else is inconceivable to it.

[@markrushton5108]

We have created an illusion of knowledge, as opposed to theory. We simply do not know anything. This creates paradoxes, and instead of conceding the theory as incorrect, we try to twist reality. We need to think outside of the box, literally. My theory is this, that the secret to all is within us.🤔

[@joejones9520]

paradoxes show us the limitations of our minds, if we saw the world as it really is logic would never fail

[@keyscook]

I started digging around for "the secret" but my doctor told me to stop because of the constant infections!☮

[@davidgeary9534]

What if our universe is just egg inside something else, just like we were once an egg inside our mother’s womb!

[@alancharlton3867]

Think of a complex Atom. Then a complex Molecule. Then a Planet with Moons. Then a Planetary System. Then a Galaxy. Do you see a pattern?

[@timfarry7071]

Most of what we think we know is based on interpretation of the data. And we get that wrong in many cases. Years ago everyone believed all the stars we saw were just stars. As technology progressed we realized that some of those stars were entire galaxies. We were wrong, and changed accordingly - but why do we fixate on what we THINK we know and formulate strange rules to make everything fit into that box? Like an expanding universe, dark energy and matter, etc? Fact is, if we cannot detect it, we are still guessing. Why not create hypotheses that fit into what is already observed rather than create band-aid solutions? What if the background radiation we are detecting in every direction is not remnants of our big bang, but rather old light that has weakened over distance and time and just now reached us in the lower energy state of radiation, rather than light? What if that is proof that stars and galaxies exist outside our "visible" universe? And who is to say that one of those stars or galaxies we see at night is not an entire group of galaxies (otherwise known as a local universe) that exploded from a different big bang? I do not for a minute believe that our big bang was the only one, and that it caused ALL matter in the entire universe to exist in that explosion. It makes far more sense that our big bang was local, happened some time in the last 13 billion (or less) years, and that other galaxies far away from us likely are from different big bangs - especially those heading TOWARDS us - explain how shrapnel from a grenade can "cross paths" with another piece of shrapnel. Once ejected, the trajectory of each piece (or galaxy) goes straight OUTWARD, away from the explosion point. Therefore, the Andromeda galaxy, which is heading for a collision path with the Milky Way galaxy, MUST have came from a different big bang. We are but a drop in the bucket of time and space, and no doubt big bangs have been going on for literally trillions of trillions of years. Their far away light is just reaching our area of space now, and we "see" it in the form of the background microwave radiation. Therefore no need to create a story about the universe expanding like a balloon - drifting outwards from the initial blast, yes, but not expanding! No wonder they have so much trouble deciding on that rate. And as for the "extra" matter to account for how everything works? That matter is normal matter (not dark...) outside our visible range, and yes, it is vast! Our local area is a pixel on the screen of the entire universe. If you stop to ponder deeply you can realize all these things without too much trouble, as well as how everything came to be - which is possible - but then again, these will only be unprovable theories at best. We are simply too small and young to prove anything, however we can rule out certain theories if they don't hold up on their own, or need made up theories to support them.

[@Donnajohnson-f5q]

I haven't been able to wrap my head on all this

[@glennl70]

Yes you have. You just haven't realized it yet.

[@robvercouteren]

It cannot be outside the "Uni"verse, that does not exist. That's beyond the concept of Universe, just as multiverse is part of the Universe.

[@lvuyk2408]

Q.FFF model says: the cycle universe is expanding out of the String based Dark energy nucleus ,halfway decreasing into growing dark energy nuclei (Bose Einstein nuclei ) of Snova black holes.

[@user-be2ok]

"We know that 13 billion years ago, the universe was hot and dense..." Sorry, buddy. James Webb just discovered that everything formed everywhere, all at the same time; it is as if the universe was spoken into existence.

[@Bob-nu3xe]

the universe is way bigger than the human mind, so what ever we "believe" in "God" will exist in the universe and beyond

[@robertanton1862]

totally wrong. proof: every single human mind is creating a perfectly working universe out-of-noting, and within a millisecond or less, every time it goes to sleep

[@Bob-nu3xe]

@@robertanton1862 rubbish

[@larshowen3319]

“He is a fool, and so am I, and so is anyone who thinks he knows what God is doing.” -Bokonon

[@johnhough7738]

You just called God - the omniscient - a fool. You're brave ...

[@larshowen3319]

@@johnhough7738 my apologies for the misunderstanding. I did not call God a fool. I called a fool any and all who might think he knows what God is doing.

[@larshowen3319]

@@johnhough7738 My intent was to call Brian Cox a fool. My intent was to call myself a fool. My intent was to call anyone and everyone a fool that might think he knows what God is doing. We are all foolish compared to the perfection of God’s Creation. God is, after all, God. Please accept my apology for being somewhat unclear.

[@johnhough7738]

I gather that not even Big G Himself (Themselfs) knows. But as an omniscient, He (She?) cannot not know, no?

[@johnhough7738]

@@larshowen3319 You aren't unique in that. The standard refuge for anyone asked about God is that He is undefinable. I like that, it's (a) unchallengeable, and (b) stupid.

[@kimdani1795]

The only thing i know is that i dont know

[@calliope4293]

Hmmmm it’s interesting that you admit you don’t know but don’t ask what you don’t know. Like you prefer to not know. You think your mind and the way it gathers information is the only way of understanding. Hence, faith scares you. Why? Because faith in Christ comes with the answers you seek. if you choose faith in Christ you will get the answers.

[@spaghetti_monster]

I want to know more about the math here. The speed of light, determining how long the light has to travel in order for us to observe it. Then factor in expansion, measuring the rate of expansion where supposedly everything is moving apart and away from each other, the Observable Universe Expansion Speed.

[@UndergroundPrimate]

Damn! I figured out the answer last night but I was stoned and I didn`t write it down. Oh well, I guess I gotta get stoned again ...

[@johnhough7738]

Any excuse ... and to think that in Biblical times people were stoned by law ... O tempora, o mores~!

[@UndergroundPrimate]

@@johnhough7738 Nihilne unquam vere mutatur?

[@glennl70]

I had a friend who got very stoned & the next day he recalled that he had stumbled on the true meaning of, and reason for, life. He couldn't remember his 'aha' moment, but then found the scrap of paper he had scribbled his insight onto. It said, " This Room Smells Funny". If that's not Nobel prize material, I don't know what is. 😅

[@tonytran7859]

So we already can see that the universe is at least twice as old than 13.8 billion years.

[@oscar-lopez]

No, the 13.8 billion years of age estimate still holds. We can see a diameter of ~93 billion light years (the "observable" Universe) because of inflation.

[@MrHotlipsholohan]

We really know nothing about the cosmos except its ancient and expanding , but i believe when u pass you will know, there are no experts on the subject on earth

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Multiverse makes the most sense being it potentially solves paradox.

[@skipperrussell2025]

Infinity exists outside the universe, and everything in the universe is moving at the speed of light.

[@asahama8173]

Exactly that infinity is allah on the throne and he created infinity void

[@AishaShaw-cl6wc]

Scientists ask, “why.???” I answer, “why not.???”

[@mfitzgerald130]

We humans are a mere' speck of dust on a Petri dish under the universe's microscope.

[@phyllis9750]

I love how we think if there's more than one, that they have to mirror little old us. Pretty full of ourselves don't you think?

[@jeff3638]

Consciousness is an Attribute of Everything.

[@stevenphillips3466]

Then there is Darth Matter ... Evil step brother of Darth Vader

[@garyhendrie4001]

I think…more universe lies beyond the visible universe. Only ego would assume that our telescopes are seeing all there is to see.

[@johnhough7738]

I don't think anyone knows, actually. All we have is educated (?) suppositions ... in the middle of a timeless nothing in the heart of a nonexistent nowhere, something suddenly changed- BOOM!~! -and a vast colossal (silent) explosion created our lovely Universe. Okay, I think I got it. (When I was kid the Universe was everything, everywhere; but my childhood universe is now just one of many unknown oodles of universes ... I feel robbed.)

[@calliope4293]

Where did you come up with such limited data? Do you really think I’m your limited brain power that because you can’t figure it our this is the answer? To just say no one knows? Do better.

[@tonydunn3652]

And people say aliens don’t exist, if you have an infinite amount of stars, galaxies etc it’s a mathematical impossibility that they don’t.

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

Synopsis : There are lots of things we don't know anything about - but we love to fantasize about the possibilities.

[@mv69969]

“The more we know the less we know “

[@allanjones7436]

Dimensions or multiverses, one man in history already new the answer to that, 'My fathers house has many mansions'......

[@ARdave311]

That first statement blew my mind. Idk how you can't believe In an Intelligent god being in the field he is in...

[@iLLustrious85]

Our universe is probably one of billions of other universes

[@Miraak1868]

Exactly fact ! ! !

[@Miraak1868]

The big question is: What is beyond those nillions of other universes?? Oh, maybe a brick wall???

[@robinac6897]

"Universe" literally means "containing everything". Your comment is id i o t i c nonsense.

[@Miraak1868]

@@robinac6897 There are certainly innumable "universes" in existence. After all, we are talking "infinity",unschooled one.

[@iLLustrious85]

@robinac6897 humans made up the word universe and it's meaning dummy

[@harrychildress4575]

My favorite question was who created the “nothing”, to which I think, if it’s possible to “create” a nothing, then I have already created something, or a nothing.

[@Paul-v8v4j]

Our universe is a fractal of a universe 500 times the size of our universe. There are two other sibling universes on the mega universe with the most recent appearing 10 billion years ago. The three smaller universes are growing and the large universe is shrinking. This will continue until all four universes are the same size. Info is thanks to the eighth-level Krulians.

[@emanemanrus5835]

aa facc ru cazz !!!

[@cannotthinkofoneatth]

There is infinite number of universes.. and they have a lifespan.. our universe is approx 155 trillion years old! - ancient Hindu cosmology

[@Kevink0304]

There cannot be anything “outside of the universe”.

[@richardbarton2709]

Another universe?

[@lylehannibal993]

What we can't see might not be there and what we can see may not be what they think it is.

[@WildWyomingImaging]

I’ve been following Brian for years. However, this subject is something he should have never approached. He responded very differently than he has with any other subject. He should’ve remained consistent.

[@antinorest]

I would have preferred that nothing existed. No suffering, nothing

[@Gavinmac001]

Maybe it’s just a test? That when we work out the answer something happens

[@hugaluga3]

Like an Escape Room

[@Arturas-nv2qs]

Can't fix one planet. Or even understand. They know God.

[@martincall3305]

Why do you show the multiple universes as spheres, although the definition now prevails that the universe is flat.

[@GaryTugan]

One BIG Question: soooo what all Started this process if before this there was “nothing”? And since we don’t experience our universe building to more the more complex but rather the opposite without an input of force / energy. So how is it what we are and have even exists….?

[@uzz32carl]

the universe is very big, so big we can't imagine so we have to make up stories to satisfy our lack of understanding - curiosity killed the cat and its hooman companion

[@vhsshoebox5789]

Could this be the celestial event mentioned a Garabandal?

John Banner said it best as Sgt Shultz in Hogans Heroes "I know Nossing!!"

[@randychurchill201]

This sounds like Platonism. Platonism teaches that matter is infinite and eternal. Platonism is emenationonism.

[@charlesemond7916]

We are just scaled down version of the bigger structure, I liken humans to an affliction of a cell that is so small to the bigger structure that we can’t really affect the outcome of the whole with our uncollected partnership with other species of like minded beings in our perceived universe. If we survive the destruction of our planet then maybe someday we will have a neighbour.

[@martinfinn674]

Is 'multiverse theory' implying that each universe could be the equivalent of one sub-atomic particle?

[@paulliddement]

A quantum computer could figure this out. The reality though is we will never leave the solar system.

[@variole9911]

And you will never know as long as you wont be able to know when you were born beyond what your parents tell you.

[@johnrohlf7902]

Flat line: I dont think cubes exist.

[@Beatzone69]

Why is it all, "DURRRNT!!" After the no beginning statement? It killed my ears man. Sheeesh

[@briankennedy5429]

When your too smart for you own good you describe god and say we don't know

[@autumnfragrance6326]

Man needs to know his limitations. This is like a parakeet trying to learn Calculus.

[@CarmenVeranda]

Cox seems to know an awful lot about what is outside the universe and what happened before the big bang. Things he cannot, even in principle, possibly know.

[@shabookisunshine]

You seem to know an awful lot about what is inside Cox's brain and that which he had observed prior to the release of this video. Things you could not, even in principle, possibly know. That's what you sound like, btw.

[@stevens7409]

The answer is simple: he’s a great guesser

[@CarmenVeranda]

@@shabookisunshine It's not inside, he's made several public announcements about what he thinks about these issues.

[@Mr.Nobodyb3]

"our universe" think of a tree with seeds that bloom into flowers. Each cluster of flowers are individual universe's.

[@ActJack]

What if we are already at end of the universe and our hubble volume has itself drifted away from the full universe

[@shazanali692]

Sometimes I feel like I have already been here, and am doing everything again, maybe we repeat

[@untilthen7418]

Multiple universe's upon Multiple universe's upon Multiple universe's!

[@xCmOn3yx777]

my theory is an infinite amount of universes, inside a singularity of a black hole; on a infinite fractal nature

[@garyarnold602]

Atheists are literally told that if they don't love, worship and submit to Jesus that he will have them burned for all of eternity...and yet they still choose not to love him!!! I will never understand.

[@peter-b7s]

so, a universe like ours with other life choices we make here are possible, but those choices made in alternate universes would also have our other life choices with still other alternate universes with life choices which have other choices and they in turn would have other life choices with.... I get it now

[@dothelukaszkillchain8036]

Imagine all the drugs that exists on other planets

[@sergoz123]

Man I'd love to eat some space shrooms.

[@mikeynolan4700]

You are in space ​@@sergoz123

[@muadhib001]

Space cocaine!!

[@romanofalwaysnotforever3535]

Imagine all the drugs that exist on earth we haven’t discovered. I bet Agartha has some good shiiiit. 🤘🏼💥😎

[@Smith_Albion]

Fancy a line of space dust?

[@PugLifeProductions]

4:22 - in layman speak - ‘we ain’t reaching shit’ 💀

[@Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time]

This is an invitation to see a theory where light is both a wave and a particle, with a probabilistic future continuously unfolding in relation to the electron probability cloud of atoms and the wavelength of light. In this theory, the wave-particle duality of light and matter (electrons) creates a blank canvas that we (atoms) can interact with forming a future relative to the energy and momentum of our actions. This interaction is represented by a constant of action in space and time, mathematically denoted as the Planck constant h/2π. This concept is supported by the fact that light photon energy ∆E=hf is continuous exchange into the kinetic energy Eₖ=½mv² of matter, in the form of electrons

[@JamesDeanMichael80]

I believe in God, I believe God is the pinnacle of consciousness and it is through Gods consciousness that he breathes life into us. I have never been comfortable with the idea that the universe was just a mere fluke of sparking gas and somehow this lead to self assembling particles that organised into much bigger complex shapes without some kind of intelligent design behind the process. The big bang is just as bonkers as the idea of a higher power but somehow I just feel deeply compelled to believe and trust in God. We are all different though and life is a personal journey to discover, learn and grow

[@symbionese2348]

Thinking theists will celebrate scientific increase in our knowledge and have their faith strengthened thereby. We are repeatedly impressed by the fact that God figured it out first. Increasing knowledge disproves much nonsense that is written into the Bible and shows us what a remarkably intelligent person God is. Faith advances as knowledge increases, and the more we learn shows us how much we do not know yet.

[@asahama8173]

​@@symbionese2348bible was destroyed by false words of churchs throughout history come read quran and how mosa alayhi salam told allah he wants to see allah and allah says " i will just glimpse to the mountain if the mountain stand you will see me "and allah glimpsed and the mountain melted some stories i don't remember if prophet Muhammad peace be upon him said itvor not if allah revealed himself now to us all universe and humans and all things will melte because of his rays of light and he made a vale of light foe himself to hide himself from us to not burn us as a mercy for his creation

[@oliverflanagan7623]

If the universe cannot exist without laws and laws cannot exist without the universe begs the question which came first? If it's the latter then it must have been spontaneous. If it was the former then it suggests a controlling hand. Just my thoughts 🤔

[@jayvincentm]

*For comparison imagine our known universe is inside a cell inside a human body.*

[@erikbosma8765]

Just wondering, but if the universe began as a point and then expanded very quickly, isn't everything, every particle entangled? Still?

[@bitemykrank1970]

This guy is never going to get anywhere as a Physics Professor, luckily, he has his fallback...time to be a Popstar Brian.....and make Mum and Dad proud....

[@daveyboon9433]

Is our universe spinning round like the rest of the stuff out there?

[@scentsoftravelmeditation]

Everything in the universe, including the universe it self had a beginning and has an end Only God is exempt from the laws of the beginning and end (supremely infinite)

[@LET-ME-EDUCATE-YOU]

The Cosmological View posits that everything that begins to exist has a cause. The universe, with its vast complexities and origins, clearly began to exist at some point, most commonly attributed to the Big Bang. However, the cause of the Big Bang itself and the existence of anything at all is left unexplained by science. This leads to the notion of a "First Cause" or an "Uncaused Cause"-a necessary being that exists outside of time and space, which is typically identified as God. Contingency explains everything we observe in the universe is contingent; it depends on something else for its existence. For example, a tree exists because of a seed, sunlight, water, and so forth. But if everything is contingent, there must be something that is non-contingent, something that exists by necessity and from which everything else derives its existence. This necessary being is often conceptualised as God. Human beings have an inherent sense of morality-a sense of right and wrong-that transcends cultural differences. While evolutionary biology and social science can explain certain aspects of moral behaviour, they struggle to account for the objective moral values and duties that people feel bound by, even when these go against personal interests or survival. The existence of an objective moral law suggests a moral lawgiver, a being who instilled this sense of morality, which many identify as God. Design from a Teleological perpetuates the universe exhibits an extraordinary level of order, complexity, and fine-tuning. The laws of physics, the constants of the universe, and the conditions necessary for life are so precise that even the slightest deviation would make life impossible. The probability of this fine-tuning occurring by chance is astronomically low. In the absence of a scientific explanation, this points towards an intelligent designer who purposefully created the universe, which many believe is God. Beyond the philosophical and logical arguments, many people throughout history have had personal experiences of the divine-mystical experiences, feelings of transcendence, and moments of deep spiritual insight. These experiences are often so profound and life-changing that they provide a powerful, subjective argument for the existence of God. While science can analyse brain states or offer psychological explanations, it cannot fully account for the depth and meaning of these experiences, suggesting they point towards a reality beyond the material world. Consciousness is a profound mystery. While science can study brain activity, it has yet to fully explain why or how subjective experience-the "what it's like" to be a conscious being-arises from physical processes. This gap in understanding has led some to argue that consciousness itself points to a source beyond the physical, possibly a divine consciousness or mind that imbues matter with the ability to perceive, think, and feel. In the absence of complete scientific explanations for the origin of the universe, the fine-tuning of the cosmos, the existence of moral values, and the nature of consciousness, the existence of God remains a compelling answer to these profound mysteries. While science provides tools to explore and understand the material world, the existence of God offers an overarching explanation for why there is something rather than nothing, why the universe is intelligible, and why human beings are conscious, moral agents. What do you think? 😅

[@johnhough7738]

Ever made a mobius strip? No beginning, no end, flat and curved and only one side. (And I bet I spelt Mobius wrong ... sue me.) (Hah! I didn't! There's hope for me yet ...)

[@scentsoftravelmeditation]

@@johnhough7738 The ingredients of it had a beginning.

[@johnhough7738]

@@scentsoftravelmeditation Bingo. So what was that beginning, for good ol' God? I answer this myself and folks never get the message- -God was created by a Godier God. That one was created by a yet more Godier God, who was in turn created by an even more Godier God ... etc etc ad infinitem. Yes? No? Maybe?

[@scentsoftravelmeditation]

@@johnhough7738 our Lord is He, God, the eternal, the everliving, the most powerful, the creator Who is your Lord atheist?